898 John McMinnies

Constituency  :  Warrington  1880-85

John  took  Warrington  from  the  Tories. Since  1874  the  Crosfields,  a  chemical  manufacturing  family,  had  built  up  the  Liberal  organisation  in  the  town  founding  a  Liberal  Association  on  the  Birmingham  model  in  1878  and  delivered  the  victory.

John  was  a  cotton  manufacturer  and  an  alderman  and  magistrate  in  the  town.

John  did  not  speak  in  Parliament. In  1884  he  announced  his  intention  to  step  down  at  the  next  election.

He  died  in  1890  aged  72.