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- Aitken_Ferguson abstract "Aitken Ferguson (1891 – 1975) was a Scottish communist activist.Born in Glasgow, Ferguson was named after his father. He worked as a boilermaker, and was active in the Socialist Labour Party. He was a founder of the Clyde Workers Committee during World War I, and soon after joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), and his local Labour Party. He stood in Glasgow Kelvingrove at the 1923 UK general election as a communist candidate, with the support of the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers and of the local Labour Party, but not the national body. Despite this, he performed strongly, coming 1,000 votes behind the successful Conservative Party candidate.At the Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election, 1924, Ferguson stood again. The Independent Labour Party opposed his candidacy, initially championing Patrick Dollan as a possible Labour candidate, but Dollan withdrew his name, and on this occasion, Ferguson became the official Labour candidate. However, Arthur Henderson objected to an advert in Workers Weekly, the CPGB newspaper, asking for donations for Ferguson's campaign, and setting out radical policies. Official sponsorship was not withdrawn, but Ferguson received no practical support from the national Labour Party. He increased his vote total to over 11,000, but again missed out as many Liberal Party supporters voted tactically for the Conservative.In 1925, most of the CPGB leadership was arrested, and Ferguson was appointed to an emergency committee, alongside Bob Stewart, George Hardy, Andrew Rothstein, and Emile Burns. Following this, he addressed the executive of the Comintern in 1926 on the perspectives of the National Minority Movement. He also polled strongly in Anderston ward, standing for Glasgow City Council in 1927, and stood for the CPGB in Aberdeen North at a 1928 by-election and the 1929 UK general election. Although he was well behind the victor on both occasions, his result was considered respectable by the CPGB leadership, as the Aberdeen branch of the party had only ten members.Perhaps because of his experiences with the Labour Party, Ferguson was an enthusiastic supporter of the \"New Line\", in which the CPGB distanced itself from Labour; Ferguson only complaining that the line was not being enforced strongly enough. As a result, he was appointed to the CPGB's central committee in 1929. He stood in Greenock at the 1931 UK general election, placing third but not far behind the Labour Party candidate. In 1932, he was sent to Cumbria to try to strengthen the party there, and he stood for Carlisle City Council. Following this stint, he was a key figure in the Scottish CPGB for many years, and led calls for Scottish devolution within the party. He worked with John MacCormick and Roland Muirhead of the Scottish National Party and developed a policy calling for a Scottish Parliament. This was unpopular within the Scottish party, but Ferguson won the support of the national executive, and it became party policy.".
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- Aitken_Ferguson wikiPageWikiLinkText "Aitken Ferguson".
- Aitken_Ferguson subject Category:1891_births.
- Aitken_Ferguson subject Category:1975_deaths.
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- Aitken_Ferguson comment "Aitken Ferguson (1891 – 1975) was a Scottish communist activist.Born in Glasgow, Ferguson was named after his father. He worked as a boilermaker, and was active in the Socialist Labour Party. He was a founder of the Clyde Workers Committee during World War I, and soon after joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), and his local Labour Party.".
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