Constituency : Blackburn 1923-9
John succeeded Henry Norman at Blackburn and maintained his tacit alliance with the Tories. He headed the poll.
John was a cotton manufacturer.
John voted to maintain Baldwin's government in 1924. He also rebelled against the party line on poor relief and naval estimates. He was interested in sugar-beet production and Anglo-Chinese relations. In 1927 he led a delegation of cotton manufatueres to Westminster over the Factories Bill.
He died in 1946 aged 82.
No comments:
Post a Comment