| 词条 | William Wilson (Westhoughton MP) |
| 释义 |
William Tyson Wilson (1855 – 14 August 1921) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician. Tyson was born in Westmorland, moving to Bolton, Lancashire, in 1889.[1] He was a carpenter, and joined the Bolton branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. He was a member of the executive or general council of the union on several occasions from 1893, and was chairman of the general council in 1910.[2] At the 1906 general election Wilson was one of 29 successful Labour Representation Committee candidates, being elected MP for Westhoughton. On 22 February 1906 he introduced a private member's bill seeking to amend the Education Acts and create a statutory school meals service. The bill received the support of the government and was enacted as the Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906.[3] He was made a whip in 1915, and was promoted to chief whip in 1919, when the Labour Party became the official opposition.[4] W T Wilson died suddenly of a cerebral haemmorhage on a Bolton street on Sunday, 14 August 1921.[1][5] References{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}1. ^1 'Labour MP's sudden death', The Times, 17 August 1921, p.10 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/ASW.htm |title=Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers including the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners |accessdate=2008-09-28 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Trade Union Ancestors}} 3. ^L Andrews, The School Meals Service, in British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (February 1972), pp. 70–75 4. ^'Labour As Official Opposition', The Times, 8 January 1919, p.7 5. ^'The Late Mr Tyson Wilson M.P.', The Times, 17 August 1921, p. 6 External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Westhoughton | years = 1906–1921 | before = Edward Stanley | after = Rhys Davies }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, William Tyson}}{{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub}} 7 : 1855 births|1921 deaths|Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1906–10|UK MPs 1910|UK MPs 1910–18|UK MPs 1918–22 |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。