James Keir Hardie, Sr. -LRB- 15 August 1856-26 September 1915 -RRB-, best known as Keir Hardie, was a Scottish socialist and labor leader, and was the first Independent Labor Member of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
James Keir Hardie -LRB- 15 August 1856 - 26 September 1915 -RRB- was a Scottish socialist and labor leader, and was the first independent labor Member of Parliament -LRB- MPs -RRB- in the UK Parliament, seven years before the start of the Labor Party.