Constituency : Shipley 1918-23
Norman took over from Oswald Partington at Shipley. He received the coupon and easily defeated Labour in a straight fight..
Norman was the son of a Congregationalist minister. He was educated at Batley Grammar School. He set up as a wool merchant, first in Harrogate then as a partner in a Bradford firm. From 1904 to 1913 he was a West Riding county councillor. He was a philanthropist who donated large sums of money for schools and hospitals in Yorkshire. He also donated land and purchased Oakwell Hall for the public. He stood in Ripon in December 1910.
Norman spoke at the Congregational Union's Assembly of 1919 in favour of industrial councils.
In 1922 Norman held on when the intervention of an Asquithan candidate made it a much tougher contest.
Norman was knighted in 1922.
Norman stood down in 1923.
He died of a heart attack in 1928 aged 68.
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