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Sir Leslie Cannon CBE (21 February 1920 – 9 December 1970) was a prominent British trade union official and served as General President of the Electrical Trades Union from 1963 to 1970. He was born in Wigan, the son of a coal miner, and became a Communist activist, and trade union leader; member of Electrical Trades Union Executive Council, North Lancashire and Merseyside, 1948–1954. He left the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1956. In 1961 he uncovered an ETU ballot rigging scandal, and successfully sued the union. Cannon became president of the ETU in September 1963, a post left vacant by disgraced former president Frank Foulkes.

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rdfs:comment	Sir Leslie Cannon CBE (21 February 1920 – 9 December 1970) was a prominent British trade union official and served as General President of the Electrical Trades Union from 1963 to 1970. He was born in Wigan, the son of a coal miner, and became a Communist activist, and trade union leader; member of Electrical Trades Union Executive Council, North Lancashire and Merseyside, 1948–1954. He left the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1956. In 1961 he uncovered an ETU ballot rigging scandal, and successfully sued the union. Cannon became president of the ETU in September 1963, a post left vacant by disgraced former president Frank Foulkes. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union Electrical Trades Union (UK) Order of the British Empire Communist Communist Party of Great Britain Frank Chapple Frank Foulkes 1920 births 1970 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Communist Party of Great Britain members Deaths from cancer in England Knights Bachelor Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress People from Wigan Trade union Wigan Trade unionists from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan General Presidents of the Electrical Trades Union (United Kingdom) EETPU General Council of the TUC
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has abstract	Sir Leslie Cannon CBE (21 February 1920 – 9 December 1970) was a prominent British trade union official and served as General President of the Electrical Trades Union from 1963 to 1970. He was born in Wigan, the son of a coal miner, and became a Communist activist, and trade union leader; member of Electrical Trades Union Executive Council, North Lancashire and Merseyside, 1948–1954. He left the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1956. In 1961 he uncovered an ETU ballot rigging scandal, and successfully sued the union. Cannon became president of the ETU in September 1963, a post left vacant by disgraced former president Frank Foulkes. In his time as leader of the ETU, he took part in a merger with the plumbers' union to create the EETPU. Cannon died from cancer, aged 50. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union Electrical Trades Union (United Kingdom) Frank Chapple Frank Foulkes Frank Haxell Jock Byrne British Productivity Council J. R. L. Anderson Woodrow Wyatt

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