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Albert Smethurst
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<p>Albert Harry Smethurst (19 August 1868 – 11 November 1935) was a <a href="/facts/British_people/xn7cqlzV">British</a> <a href="/facts/Trade_unionist/PjeN2WKu">trade unionist</a>. Born in <a href="/facts/Oldham/5AejAkDt">Oldham</a>, Smethurst completed an apprenticeship as an engineer and became active in the <a href="/facts/Amalgamated_Society_of_Engineers_(UK)/3FjnQhJs">Amalgamated Society of Engineers</a> (ASE), soon becoming its Oldham district secretary. He was also elected as secretary of the Oldham <a href="/facts/Trades_Council/wYPKd9Qe">Trades Council</a>. In 1913, Smethurst was elected as assistant general secretary of the ASE. In 1920, the ASE merged with several other unions to become the <a href="/facts/Amalgamated_Engineering_Union/RLKCXUEx">Amalgamated Engineering Union</a> (AEU), and he became its general secretary in 1921, serving until his retirement in 1933. </p>