Background
Gibson was the youngest of five children, who was brought up in poverty after his mother was widowed.
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Herbert Gibson
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He studied economics and political history at the Company-operative College, Holyoake House.
Career
He first gained employment as an office boy at Manchester Town Hall, and worked for many years in local government. At the 1929 general election he was nominated as the Labour and Company-operative candidate for the Mossley constituency and successfully unseated the sitting Member of Parliament, Austin Hopkinson. His membership of parliament was short-lived, and Hopkinson regained the seat at the next election in 1931.
Gibson continued his involvement with co-operatives, becoming a director of the Company-operative Wholesale Society in 1936, at the same time leaving the employment of the local council.
He subsequently held the post of chairman of the English and Scottish Joint Company-operative Society, was a director of the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
Membership
35th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was appointed a member of the Joint Industrial Council of the Soap, Candle and Edible Fats Industries and a director of the Colonial Development Corporation.
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Born
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Nationality
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Political Party
Labour Party