Constituency : Stepney 1885-6
John took the new seat of Stepney , fighting off a petition agiainst his election.
John was an ironmonger's son from Essex. He was educated at British School, Fordingbridge. He started out as a compositor and became a master printer. He was a Christian Socialist with an interest in land reform and was a founder of the Land Nationalisation Society. He wrote pamphlets on the subject.
John never spoke in Parliament.
John was defeated in 1886.
He died in 1929 aged 83.
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