Alfred Dobbs | |
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Member of Parliament for Smethwick | |
In office 26 July 1945 – 27 July 1945 | |
Preceded by | Roy Wise |
Succeeded by | Patrick Gordon Walker |
Personal details | |
Born | Alfred James Dobbs 18 June 1882 Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England |
Died | 27 July 1945 Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | (aged 63)
Political party | Labour |
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.