Ida Vihuri

Ida Johanna Vihuri (born Hildén, 18 August 1882 – 7 September 1929) was a Finnish politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1922–1929 for the Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Ida Vihuri
Ida Vihuri in 1929
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Häme North constituency
In office
5 September 1922 – 7 September 1929
Personal details
Born18 August 1882
Lempäälä, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died7 September 1929(1929-09-07) (aged 47)
Tampere, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Finland

Life and career

Vihuri was born to a peasant's family in Lempäälä. Since the age of 13 she worked at the Finlayson cotton mill in Tampere. After the 1905 general strike, Vihuri joined the local trade union branch and became the leading unionist of the Finlayson mill.[1]

During the 1918 Civil War of Finland, Vihuri served in the Red administration. Vihuri was captured after the Battle of Tampere and given a life in prison, but she was pardoned in 1920.[1] In the 1922 parliamentary election, Vihuri was elected to the Parliament of Finland.[2]

Vihuri died on 7 September 1929 on her way to a party meeting in Kuru as the SS Kuru sank in the lake Näsijärvi.[2] The disaster led to the loss of 136 lives. Vihuri was buried at the Kalevankangas Cemetery.[3]

Family

Ida Vihuri's sister was the politician Kaisa Hiilelä who was a Member of the Parliament in 1930–1958. Their nephew was the Minister of Education Reino Oittinen.[1]

References
  1. Ripatti, Viljo (1992). R. H. Oittinen: työväen sivistäjästä koulun uudistajaksi. Helsinki: Tammi. p. 8–11. ISBN 951-31003-4-0.
  2. "Kaksi sosialidemokraattista toimitsijaa [Two Social Democratic Officials]", Uusi Aika (in Finnish) (108), p. 3, 10 September 1929, retrieved 13 August 2020
  3. "Ida Vihurin ja K. I. Suotaalan hautajaistilaisuus Tampereella eilen mieliinpainuva surujuhla [Ida Vihuri and K. I. Suontaala Funeral in Tampere a Memorable Ceremony]", Kansan Lehti (in Finnish) (220), p. 1, 23 September 1929, retrieved 13 August 2020
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