Aleksander Allila | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 1 May 1924 – 1 September 1927 | |
| Constituency | Uusimaa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aleksanteri Stepaninpoika Allinen 14 April 1890 Suistamo, Russian Empire |
| Political party | Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders |
Aleksander Allila (born 14 April 1890) was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature. A member of the Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders, he represented Uusimaa between May 1924 and September 1927.[1]
Biography
Allila was born on 14 April 1890 in Suistamo.[1] He worked as a painter in Suistamo until 1912 and in Helsinki from 1912.[1] Allila was imprisoned for political reasons in 1918 following the end of the Finnish Civil War.[1]
In January 1923 the Court of Appeal of Turku convicted Allila of three counts of inciting a crime in a speech he gave in the autumn of 1921.[2] He was sentenced to one month of imprisonment but the sentence was not implemented.[2] However, in the spring of 1926, whilst a serving Member of Parliament, he was sent to prison.[1][2] He moved to the Soviet Union in 1932.[1] He was in a labour camp in Leningrad in 1933.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Kansanedustajat: Aleksander Allila" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- 1 2 3 Saarela, Tauno (2008). Suomalainen kommunismi ja vallankumous 1923–1930 [Finnish communism and revolution 1923–1930] (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Finnish Literature Society. p. 426. ISBN 978-952-222-051-6. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.