Constituency ; Argyllshire 1903-18
John took Argyllshire after the death of the sitting Tory with a majority of 1,586.
John was the brother of the former Cumbrian MP David Ainsworth. He was educated at University College School and University College, London. He had interests in iron mines in Cumbria and was chairman of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway . He was also a director of the Whitehaven Joint Stock Bank. John contested Barrow in 1886, losing out to William Caine. He did not stand in 1892 or 1895 but fought Argyllshire in 1900.
John supported female suffrage. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Mines in 1910.
John was created a baronet in 1917.
John stood down in 1918.
He died in 1923 aged 79.
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