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Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 8, 2024  by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)



Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield was managing director and chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) from 1910 to 1933, and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) from 1933 to 1947. At a young age, he held senior positions in the tramway systems of Detroit and New Jersey. In 1907 he was recruited by the UERL, where he integrated the company's management and used advertising and public relations to improve profits. As managing director of the UERL from 1910, he led the take-over of competing companies and operations to form Combine, an integrated transport operation. He was Member of parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne from 1916 to 1920 and President of the Board of Trade between 1916 and 1919. He returned to the UERL and then chaired it and its successor the LPTB during the organisation's greatest period of expansion between the two World Wars, making it an exemplar of the best form of public administration.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Marshfield station, a public transit article, was TFA April 4
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 * Promoted: December 12, 2010
 * Reasons for nomination: 150th birthday. This is a TFA re-run from 2011
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 14:44, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Support as original author. DavidCane (talk) 20:38, 7 June 2024 (UTC)