Thursday, 19 April 2018
1888 Robert Mason
Constituency : Wansbeck 1918-22
Robert took over from the deceased Charles Fenwick at Wansbeck. He was opposed by a pacifist ILP candidate supported by the MFGB and won by 547 votes.
Robert was a shipowner and agent. He was an alderman of Northumberland County Council.
Soon after the by-election result, Labour's national executive repudiated the wartime truce.
Robert received the coupon in 1918 and had a more comfortable victory over the same opponent.
Robert stood down in 1922.
He died in 1927 aged 69.
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