Monday, 1 October 2018
2045 John Black
Constituency : Harborough 1923-4
John took Harborough at the second attempt, helped by Labour's withdrawal.
John was the son of a prosperous London draper. He was educated at Bishop's Stortford college in Essex. He was an Evangelical Christian and temperance supporter. He was a shoe manufacturer but also had interest in an estate agency. He was chairman of the Harborough Divsional Liberal Association and became involved in a dispute with Percy Harris over how much the latter could contribute to constituency funds if he wished to remain parliamentary candidate. Harris found another constituency after 1918 and John took his place. He was a Leicestershire county councillor. He came second in a three cornered contest in 1922.
John asked a lot of questions during his short spell as an MP.
Labour stood again in 1924 and John was pushed into third place.
John was involved in charitable work for the blind. He stopped funding the local Liberal association in the mid-twenties which had a severe effect on their operations.
He died in 1951 aged 88.
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