Constituency : Western Aberdeenshire 1906-18
John took over from Robert Farquharson at Western Aberdeenshire. He had an easy win.
John was educated at two Aberdeen colleges and became a chartered accountant. After working with bankruptcies he switched to the law and became a barrister. He had business interests in metalware and tramways. John was firmly on the Liberal Imperialist wing of the party and was on the Imperial Liberal Council.
John voted for female suffrage in 1908.
John became involved in a minor controversy in December 1910 when a letter to him from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , Lord Aberdeen about Home Rule was thought to be an abuse of the latter's position.
In 1918 John contested the new seat of Central Aberdeenshire and lost out to the Coalition Unionist candidate. However the victor died shortly afterwards and John intended to contest the seat again. John said he was now willing to give support to the government but the local Tories were not willing to back him and selected their own candidate. John decided to withdraw in favour of another Liberal who actually won the by-election.
He died of pneumonia in 1922 aged 72.
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