1375 John Wilson

Constituency : Worcestershire  North  1895 -1918 ( Liberal  Unionist  to  1904 ) , Stourbridge  1918-22

John  took  Worcestershire  North  for  the  Liberal  Unionists  after  Ben  Hingley  had  stood  down.

John  was  from  Tottenham. He  was  educated  there  and  in  Germany. He  was  a  chemical  manufacturer, a  partner  in  the  firm  Albright  and  Wilson. He  was  also  a  director  of  Bryant  and  May  and  the  Great  Western  Railway  Company. He  sat  on  Worcestershire  County  Council. He  was  a  Quaker.

John  did  not  start  contributing  to  parliamentary  debates  until  1915.

John  was  unopposed  in  1900.  He  moved  to  the  Liberals  during  the  Tariff  Reform  controversy.

In  1918  John  managed  to  win  Stourbridge  against  both  a  Labour  and  National  Democratic  Party  ( Coalition  Labour )  candidate  who  had  the  "coupon". He  was  defeated  in  a  two-cornered  contest  by  the  Conservatives  in  1922.

He  died  in  1932  aged  73.