John Thomas Macpherson (1872–1921) was a Labour Member of Parliament for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency 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.
References
- "Labour Representation Committee members of the British parliament elected in 1906". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/96943. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- A Labour MP PapersPast
- Wages of Sheffield Armour-Plate Makers. Millbank Archives
- The Times, 19 January 1906 p15
- The Times, 24 February 1910 p9
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byJohn Kerr Sir William Tomlinson, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Preston 1906 – 1910 With: Harold Cox |
Succeeded byGeorge Stanley Alfred Tobin |
| Trade union offices | ||
| Preceded byNew position | Assistant General Secretary of the British Steel Smelters' Association 1900 – 1906 |
Succeeded byArthur Pugh |
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