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British politician

For the Australian architect, seeJohn William Wilson (architect).

For other people named John Wilson, seeJohn Wilson (disambiguation).

John William Wilson,PC,JP (22 October 1858 – 18 June 1932^[1]) was a British chemical manufacturer and politician who served for 27 years as a member of parliament (MP), initially asLiberal Unionist and then as aLiberal.

Background

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Wilson was the eldest son of John Edward Wilson of Wyddrington,Edgbaston and Catherine Stacey ofTottenham. He was educated atGrove House School, Tottenham and in Germany. In 1883 he married Florence Jane Harrison^[2] who died in 1911. In 1919 he married Isabel Bannatyne. He served as aJustice of the peace in Worcestershire and Herefordshire.^[3] He worked for the chemical manufacturersAlbright and Wilson Limited ofOldbury.^[4] He became a director of theGreat Western Railway Company^[5] and ofBryant and May Limited.^[6]

Political career

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Wilson was elected toWorcestershire County Council, representing the Langley division.^[7] He was elected at the1895 general election as Liberal Unionist MP for theNorthern division of Worcestershire against a Liberal opponent. He was re-elected unopposed at the1900 general election. Some time between then and 1906 he left the Liberal Unionists and joined the Liberal Party, and although he enjoyed no further uncontested elections he was returned to theHouse of Commons as a Liberal in1906 and in both theJanuary 1910 andDecember 1910 elections.^[8] He was made aPrivy Councillor in July 1911.^[9]

When constituencies were revised for the1918 general election, Wilson was elected for the newly createdStourbridge division of Worcestershire. He had been opposed by candidates of both theLabour Party and theNational Democratic and Labour Party, the latter holding a "coalition coupon", and he won with only 38.5% of the votes. In1922 he faced only a Conservative opponent,Douglas Pielou, who won the seat. Wilson did not stand forParliament again.^[10]

Electoral record

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General election 1895: North Worcestershire^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	5,012	55.5
	Liberal	R Waite	4,024	44.5
Majority			988	11.0
Turnout				80.6
	Liberal Unionistgain fromLiberal		Swing

General election 1900: North Worcestershire^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal Unionisthold		Swing	n/a

General election 1906: North Worcestershire^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wilson		51.8	n/a
	Liberal Unionist	William Campion	6,429	48.2	n/a
Majority			479	3.6	n/a
Turnout				84.8	n/a
	Liberalgain fromLiberal Unionist		Swing	n/a

General election 1918 Stourbridge^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Wilson	8,920	38.5	n/a
	Labour	Mary Anderson	7,587	32.7	n/a
	National Democratic	Victor Fisher	6,690	28.8	n/a
Majority			1,333	5.8	n/a
Turnout			23,197		n/a
	Liberalwin (new seat)

General election 1922 : Stourbridge^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Douglas Pielou	18,200	51.8	n/a
	Liberal	John Wilson	16,949	48.2	+9.7
Majority			1,251	3.6
Turnout			35,149
	Unionistgain fromLiberal		Swing	n/a

References

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^"House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)".Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved11 May 2009.
^The Liberal Year Book, 1908
^'WILSON, Rt Hon. John William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014accessed 11 March 2015
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974].British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 423.ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^"No. 28511".The London Gazette. 7 July 1911. p. 5025.
^Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969].British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
^Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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Hansard 1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by John Wilson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Benjamin Hingley, Bt	Member of Parliament forNorth Worcestershire 1895 –1918	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament forStourbridge 1918 –1922	Succeeded by Douglas Pielou

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