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William Wilson (Westhoughton MP)

William Wilson (Westhoughton MP)

British trade unionist and Labour politician

For other people named William Wilson, see William Wilson (disambiguation).

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

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Westhoughton, Preceded by ...

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]

References

  1. [1]
    'Labour MP's sudden death', The Times, 17 August 1921, p.10
  2. [2]
    "Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers including the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners". Trade Union Ancestors. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  3. [3]
    L Andrews, The School Meals Service, in British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (February 1972), pp. 70–75
  4. [4]
    'Labour As Official Opposition', The Times, 8 January 1919, p.7
  5. [5]
    'The Late Mr Tyson Wilson M.P.', The Times, 17 August 1921, p. 6
  6. [6]
    "Burials at St Peter in the District of Halliwell, Bolton le Moors, 1918–1922". OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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