William Tyson Wilson

William Tyson Wilson (1855 - August 14, 1921) was a British trades unionist and labour politician.

Tyson was born in Westmorland, moving to Bolton, Lancashire in 1889."Labour MP's sudden death" The Times, August 17, 1921, p.10] 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.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]

At the 1906 general election Wilson was one of 29 successful Labour Representation Committee candidates, being elected MP for Westhoughton. On February 22, 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. [L Andrews, "The School Meals Service", in "British Journal of Educational Studies", Vol. 20, No. 1 (February, 1972), pp. 70-75]

He was made a whip in 1915, and was promoted to chief whip in 1919, when the Labour Party became the official opposition. ["Labour As Official Opposition", The Times, January 8, 1919, p.7]

W T Wilson died suddenly of a cerebral haemmorhage on a Bolton street on Sunday, August 14, 1921. ["The Late Mr Tyson Wilson M.P." The Times, August 17, 1921, p. 6]

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