Stanley Hirst (trade unionist)

Stanley Hirst (1876 – 12 June 1950) was a British trade unionist.

[1] Born in Huddersfield, Hirst left school at the age of ten to work in a mill, then later became a tram driver.

[2] Hirst was also active in the Labour Party, sitting on its National Executive Committee (NEC) from 1930, and serving as Chairman of the Labour Party in his first year.

[2] After his retirement he spent four years as a member of Halifax Town Council.

[1] Hirst was a member of the Metropolitan Water Board and chairman of the Co-operative Printing Society Limited.