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William Wilson | |
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Member of Parliament for Westhoughton | |
In office 12 January 1906 –14 August 1921 | |
Preceded by | Edward Stanley |
Succeeded by | Rhys Davies |
Personal details | |
Born | 1855 Kendal |
Died | 14 August 1921 65–66) Bolton | (aged
Political party | Labour |
William Tyson Wilson (1855 –14 August 1921) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician.
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 hemorrhage on a Bolton street on Sunday,14 August 1921. [1] [5] He was buried in St Peter's Churchyard,Halliwell on 17 August 1921. [6]
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