Title: James L. Sugrue.

Description: James Leonard Sugrue (1883 - 1930) was the first president of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour, 1913 - 1918.

Source: History of Saint John Labour Unions, compiled and issued by the Saint John Trades and Labor Council and Subordinate Unions (Saint John Trades and Labor Council: Saint John, 1929).

Title: First Report.

Description: Sugrue was the first labour member appointed to the Workmen's Compensation Board when it was established in 1918. Note the use of the printers' union label on the cover of its first Annual Report.

Source: First Annual Report of the Workmen's Compensation Board of the Province of New Brunswick (Saint John, 1919).