Robert Smillie
Robert Smillie | |
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Robert Smillie in the early 1900s. | |
| Member of Parliament for Morpeth | |
| In office 1923–1929 | |
| Preceded by | John Cairns |
| Succeeded by | Ebby Edwards |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
Robert Smillie (17 March 1857 – 16 February 1940) was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a leader of the coal miners, and played a central role in moving support from the miners away from the Liberal Party to the Labour Party. He had a firm commitment to socialism as an ideal, and militancy as a tactic.