Constituency : Donegal 1880-85
John's win following a Liberal victory in a by-election in 1879 meant the Liberals now held both Donegal seats.
John was a Presbyterian minister ordained in America. He was educated at Belfast College. Unsurprisingly he supported the closing of public houses on a Sunday. He supported the extension of Ulster's tenant rights to the whole of Ireland and spoke in favour of the Irish Land Act of 1881.
John was a benefactor of Magee University Library in Londonderry.
He died in 1894 aged 70.
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