Joseph Pointer

Joseph Pointer (12 June 1875 – 19 November 1914) was a patternmaker who became a British Labour Party Member of Parliament.

Born in the Attercliffe district of Sheffield, Pointer became a convinced socialist early in his life, and joined the Independent Labour Party.

[1] On his return to Sheffield, Pointer took part in a strike, and was thereafter unable to gain regular employment.

[3] He held the seat in both the January and December 1910 general elections, which the Liberal Party did not contest.

In the House of Commons, Pointer was appointed as a junior whip, but died in Sheffield in 1914 aged 39.