Robert Mason (Liberal politician)
Robert Mason (17 December 1857 – 1 August 1927) was a British Liberal Party politician.
Family[edit]
Mason was born at Belford in Northumberland. In 1884, he married Rosa Elizabeth Thompson and they had two sons and three daughters. Their home was Marden House in Whitley Bay.[1]
Career[edit]
Mason was a shipping agent and shipowner by profession.[2] He was also an Alderman of Northumberland County Council and a Justice of the Peace.[3]
Politics[edit]
Mason was selected to fight the Wansbeck constituency at a by-election on 28 May 1918 as a supporter of the Coalition government of David Lloyd George. He was opposed by Ebenezer "Ebby Edwards" for the Labour Party and won the seat by a majority of 547 votes.[4] He stood again as a Coalition Liberal at the 1918 general election having presumably been awarded the Coalition coupon. In another straight fight against Labour he held the seat, this time with a majority of 3,399. By this time the electorate was greatly increased thanks to the Representation of the People Act of 1918.[5]
Mason retired from the House of Commons at the 1922 election, and did not stand again.
References[edit]
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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