1187 John Gane

Constituency : Leeds  East  1886-95

John  took  Leeds  East  from  the  Tories.

John  was  a  barrister  from  Leeds. He  was  an  advanced  Liberal  and  gave  lectures  to  Mechanics  Institutes  around  Yorkshire.

John's  maiden speech  was  in  support  of  Parnell's  Tenants  Relief  Bill. He  had  a  fair  number  of  Irish  electors  in  his  constituency.

By  1890  he  was  suffering  from  ill  health.

He  died  in  1895, aged  57  on  board  a  ship  carrying  him  home  from  New  Zealand.