Robert Getgood

Robert Getgood (23 March 1884 – 30 November 1964) was a politician and trade unionist in Northern Ireland.

Getgood joined the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU), and later became its Textile Officer.

[2] In 1931, he stood in an election for the Chairmanship of the party against Harry Midgley and Sam Kyle, but they were all beaten by Hugh Gemmell.

[3] In 1940, Getgood was elected to the Executive of the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC), and he became Chair in 1944.

[4] Getgood stood in Belfast Oldpark at the 1945 Northern Ireland general election, and gained the seat from the Alexander Hungerford of the Ulster Unionist Party.