1272 Joshua Cheetham

Constituency : Oldham  1892-5

Joshua  was  part  of  a  double  triumph  for  the  Liberals  at  Oldham, topping  the  poll  ahead  of  the  returning  John  Hibbert.

Joshua  was  chairman  of  the  Oldham  Joint  Stock  Bank. He  came  a  close  fourth  in  1886.

Joshua .made  one  four  word  contribution  to  Parliament  when  he  challenged  Chamberlain's assertion  that  the  government had  no  mandate  for  the  Home  Rule  Bill  in  1893.

Joshua  stood  down  in  1895.

He  died  of  pneumonia  in  1902  aged  77.