What was the first name of Labour politician Keir Hardie Sr?
Keir Hardie Keir Hardie James Keir Hardie (15 August 185626 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908. Hardie was born in Newhouse, North Lanarkshire. He started working at the age of seven, and from the age of 10 worked in the South Lanarkshire coal mines. With a background in preaching, he became known as a talented public speaker and was chosen as a spokesman for his fellow miners. In 1879, Hardie was elected leader of a miners' union in Hamilton and
Keir Hardie Hardie Estate with streets named after prominent early Independent Labour leaders such as Wallhead and Glasier. In recognition of his work as a lay preacher, the Keir Hardie Methodist Church in London bears his name. Labour founder Keir Hardie has been voted the party's "greatest hero" in a straw poll of delegates at the 2008 Labour conference in Manchester. Labour peer Lord Morgan, Ed Balls, David Blunkett and Fiona Mactaggart argued the case for four Labour figures at a "Guardian" fringe meeting at the Labour conference 2008 in Manchester, 23 September 2008. Keir Hardie's younger half-brothers David Hardie, George Hardie