Thorley Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English political candidate
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1873
Place of Birth: Standish, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 05-Jan-1940
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Thorley Smith
- Thorley Smith, (1873 - 1940) was Britain's First Women's Suffrage Parliamentary Candidate.
- He stood in the 1906 general election in Wigan, Lancashire.
- He replaced Hubert Sweeney, Women's Suffrage candidate-elect, from 1904 to 1905,A specific committee of the North of England Society for Women's Suffrage, The Lancashire and Cheshire Women Textile and Other Workers Representation Committee, (hereafter The Committee) were a group of suffragists formed mainly from working women, who chose to promote a Women's Suffrage candidate in Wigan Their nominee was Hubert Sweeney.
- Hubert Sweeney was a Headmaster for London's Hackney School Board, a trainee barrister and a member of the London Ethical Society.
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