William Wilson (Westhoughton MP)

William Tyson Wilson (1855 – 14 August 1921) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician.

William Wilson
Member of Parliament
for Westhoughton
In office
12 January 1906 – 14 August 1921
Preceded byEdward Stanley
Succeeded byRhys Davies
Personal details
Born1855
Died(1921-08-14)14 August 1921
Political partyLabour

Tyson was born in Westmorland, moving to Bolton, Lancashire, in 1889.[1] He was a carpenter, and joined the Bolton branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. He was a member of the executive or general council of the union on several occasions from 1893, and was chairman of the general council in 1910.[2]

At the 1906 general election Wilson was one of 29 successful Labour Representation Committee candidates, being elected MP for Westhoughton. On 22 February 1906 he introduced a private member's bill seeking to amend the Education Acts and create a statutory school meals service. The bill received the support of the government and was enacted as the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906.[3]

He was made a whip in 1915, and was promoted to chief whip in 1919, when the Labour Party became the official opposition.[4]

W T Wilson died suddenly of a cerebral haemmorhage on a Bolton street on Sunday, 14 August 1921.[1][5]

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

  1. 'Labour MP's sudden death', The Times, 17 August 1921, p.10
  2. "Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers including the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners". Trade Union Ancestors. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  3. L Andrews, The School Meals Service, in British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (February 1972), pp. 70–75
  4. 'Labour As Official Opposition', The Times, 8 January 1919, p.7
  5. 'The Late Mr Tyson Wilson M.P.', The Times, 17 August 1921, p. 6
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Stanley		 Member of Parliament for Westhoughton
1906–1921		 Succeeded by
Rhys Davies


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