Wednesday, 5 October 2016

1346 John Holburn


Constituency  : North  West  Lanarkshire  1895-99

John  took  North  West  Lanarkshire  from  the  Tories  by  97  votes.

John  was  a  self-educated  tinplate  worker. He  was  a  former  president  of  the  Edinburgh  and  Leith  Trades  Council  and  a  member  of  Leith  Town  Council.

He  died  in  1899  aged  55.

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