the 1890 TUC conference, and citing declining health, Broadhurst resigned the post. In 1892, Broadhurst was appointed to a second Royal Commission, on the aged poor. He lost his seat at Nottingham West at the 1892 general election, and was also defeated at the 1893 Grimsby by-election. However, he returned to Parliament as MP for Leicester at the 1894 Leicester by-election, holding this seat as a Lib–Lab MP until 1906. Following his retirement, Broadhurst moved to Norfolk, where he became an alderman. He died at the age of 71. Broadhurst married Eliza Olley, daughter of Edward Olley a journeyman currier at Norwich in 1859. References Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Broadhurst, Henry, Henry Broadhurst, M.P.: the story of his life from a stonemason's bench to the Treasury Bench (London: Hutchinson & Co., 1901); chapters on early life on-line on the Vision of Britain through Time web site. Archives Catalogue of the Broadhurst papers at the Archives Division of the London School of Economics. External links 1840 births 1911 deaths General Secretaries of the Trades Union Congress Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Liberal-Labour (UK) MPs UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 Politicians from Oxford Trade unionists from Oxfordshire UK MPs 1900–1906 Members of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress English autobiographers