Alfred Dobbs

Alfred Dobbs
Member of Parliament
for Smethwick
In office
26 July 1945 – 27 July 1945
Preceded byRoy Wise
Succeeded byPatrick Gordon Walker
Personal details
Born
Alfred James Dobbs

(1882-06-18)18 June 1882
Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England
Died27 July 1945(1945-07-27) (aged 63)
Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyLabour

Alfred James Dobbs (18 June 1882 – 27 July 1945) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He died in a car accident the day after he had been elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Smethwick. His one day as an MP remains the shortest term in the era after the Second World War.