Percy Frederick Pollard (born 1892) was aBritish socialist activist.
Born inColchester inEssex, Pollard received an elementary education before starting work. He joined theIndependent Labour Party (ILP), and in 1912 became the secretary of its East Anglian division. He also became active in the local labour movement, serving as the secretary of ColchesterTrades Council from 1913 to 1914, and as its chair in 1919.
In 1919, Pollard began working as a full-time organiser for theWorkers' Union. He became increasingly politically active, serving on the National Administrative Committee of the ILP from 1922, and in 1923 he became the full-timeLabour Party organiser for Colchester.[1] The ILP sponsored him as a Labour candidate in the1923 Ludlow by-election, but he took only 7.8% of the vote in the election, and third place.[2] Pollard remained an active trade unionist as a member of theRailway Clerks' Association, and he also spent a period as editor of theColchester Times.[1]
Pollard won election to Colchester Borough Council, but by 1931 he had moved to London to become the organising secretary of the Industrial Orthopaedic Society. He stood inBalham and Tooting at the1931 United Kingdom general election, taking second place with 25.5% of the vote.[3]
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| Preceded by | Eastern Division representative on the National Administrative Council of theIndependent Labour Party 1922–1926 | Succeeded by |