He began working at the age of 12 as a street scavenger in Manchester by day and as a newspaper vendor by night.
[1] In 1923 he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Salford South, unseating the sitting Conservative MP.
[1] Toole returned to local government as an alderman for the Openshaw ward of Manchester City Council.
Toole was promptly expelled from the Labour for breaking the war-time electoral truce between the main political parties.
[3] By the time of his death in June 1945, Toole had moved to Blackpool, where he operated a private hotel.