Alfred James Dobbs (18 June 1882 – 27 July 1945) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist.
After his time at the Leeds City Council, Dobbs worked as National Organiser for the Shoe Union 1936–1945.
[1] He was elected as MP for Smethwick in the Labour landslide of 1945, succeeding the Conservative incumbent, Roy Wise, who stood in the Epping constituency.
Attempting to avoid a child, Dobbs' car was in collision with a military vehicle in Doncaster,[2] and he was killed instantly.
[3] Although there have been occasions when MPs were elected posthumously, Dobbs' term was the shortest actually served since World War II.