1027 Stephen Mason

Constituency : Mid Lanarkshire  1885-88

Stephen  was  the  first  MP  for  mid  Lanarkshire.

Stephen  was  a  privately  educated  merchant. He  was  at  one  time  chairman  of  the  Glasgow  Chamber  of  Commerce.

Stephen  retained  his  seat  against  a  Liberal  Unionist  challenge  in  1886.

Stephen  was  interested  in  technical  education.

Stephen  resigned  his  seat  in  1888   on  grounds  of  ill  health.  He  then  travelled  to  Australia  where  he  was  managing  director  of  the  English  and  Australian  Mortgage  Bank  Limited.

He  died  of  heart  failure  at  57  in  1890  having  been  thought  to  be  in  good  health. His  son  David  was  a  later  Liberal  MP.