Born on 8 September 1862, in
Mansfield, to
Liberal Party Member of Parliament for
Holmfirth,
Henry Wilson, Wilson attended
Wesley College, Sheffield and the
Victoria University of Manchester. In 1903, Wilson was elected to
Sheffield City Council for the
Darnall ward, a seat he held until 1924. He became a
Justice of the Peace in 1907. He also joined the
National Anti-Gambling League, coming to chair it by the early 1920s. From 1919 until 1922, Wilson was the Labour group leader on Sheffield City Council. At the
1922 general election, Wilson was elected MP for
Sheffield Attercliffe. He held the seat until the
1931 general election, when he narrowly lost to the
Conservative Party candidate
Cecil Frederick Pike. However, he retook the seat at the
1935 general election. Wilson resigned on 7 February 1944, due to ill health, and died on 7 November 1945, aged 83, in
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