1082 Joseph Craven

Constituency  : Shipley  1885 -92

Joseph  won  the  new  seat  of  Shipley.

Joseph'  father  started  out  as  a  wool  spinner  in  a  local  mill  but  came  to  own  his  own  mill. He  was  a  member  of  Bradford  Chamber  of  Commerce.

Joseph's  seat  was  uncontested  in  1886.  In  1891  Joseph  suffered  a  severe  attack  of  bronchitis  and  he  stood  down  in  1892.

He  died  in  1914 aged  89.