# Samuel March

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**Samuel March** (1861-10 August 1935) was a British [trade union](/source/Trade_union) official and [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) politician active in the [Poplar](/source/Poplar,_London) area of London.[1]

A member of [Poplar Borough Council](/source/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Poplar) from 1906 until 1927, he was Mayor of Poplar in 1920–21. During his mayoral term he was jailed for taking part in the [Poplar Rates Rebellion](/source/Poplar_Rates_Rebellion).[2][3]

He stood for parliament for the constituency of [Poplar South](/source/Poplar_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the 1918 general election but was not elected.[4] At the next general election in 1922 he was elected to the [House of Commons](/source/United_Kingdom_House_of_Commons) and held the seat at the next three elections, standing down in 1931.[5][6]

He was also a member of the [London County Council](/source/London_County_Council) for Poplar South from 1919 to 1925.[7]

He died at his home in [East Ham](/source/East_Ham) aged 74.[1]

## References

1. ["Death of Former M.P."](http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19350812/161/0010). *Evening Telegraph*. 12 August 1935. Retrieved 21 October 2012. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. Noreen Branson (1979). *Poplarism, 1919-1925: George Lansbury and the councillors' revolt*. Lawrence and Wishart. ISBN 9780853154341.

1. Janine Booth (2010). *Guilty and proud of it!: Poplar's rebel councillors and guardians, 1919-25*. Merlin Press. ISBN 9780850366945.

1. "The General Election: First List of Candidates". *The Times*. 26 November 1918. p. 4.

1. "East End Seats". *The Times*. 28 May 1929. p. 8.

1. "Election Plans". *The Times*. 8 October 1931. p. 10.

1. Jackson, W Eric (1965). *Achievement: A Short History of the London County Council*. London: Longmans. p. 272.

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