Albert Arthur "Alf" Purcell (3 November 1872, Hoxton – 24 December 1935)[1] was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and later President of the International Federation of Trade Unions from 1924 to 1928[2] and sat in the House of Commons during two separate periods between 1923 and 1929.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ Van Goethem, Geert (2006). The Amsterdam International: The World Of The International Federation Of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 92–95. ISBN 978-0754652540.