John Thomas Macpherson (1872–1921) was a
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of
Preston.
A one-time cabin boy, steel smelter and founder of the Steel Smelters' Society he was elected to represent Preston at the United Kingdom general election of 1906. His first recorded question in the House of Commons concerned the wages of armour-plate makers.
At the time of the
1910 Rotherham by-election, Macpherson was an official of the
British Steel Smelters, Mill, Iron and Tin-plate Workers’ Union and the union was said to be strong in the Rotherham constituency and willing to pay for his
deposit and other expenses to stand in the election.
[The Times, 24 February 1910 p9]
References
External links
* http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-john-macpherson
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1872 births
1921 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1906–1910
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