Walter Johnson (politician) explained

Walter Johnson
Constituency Mp:Derby South
Parliament:United Kingdom
Term Start:1970
Term End:1983
Predecessor:Philip Noel-Baker
Successor:Margaret Beckett
Office2:President of the Railway Clerks' Association
Term Start2:1977
Term End2:1981
Predecessor2:Tom Bradley
Successor2:Jim Mills
Birth Name:Walter Hamlet Johnson
Birth Date:1917 11, df=y
Birth Place:Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Death Place:Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Party:Labour

Walter Hamlet Johnson (21 November 1917 – 12 April 2003) was a British Labour Party politician.

Early life

Johnson was born in Hertford.

Political career

Before being elected, Johnson stood several times for Parliament without success. In the 1955 General Election he fought Bristol West, but was defeated by the Conservative Cabinet Minister Walter Monckton. He contested South Bedfordshire in 1959, and a by-election at Acton in 1968 that was one of three Labour seats lost that day (in Johnson's case to the future Cabinet Minister Kenneth Baker).

Following the retirement of Philip Noel-Baker as the Member of Parliament, Johnson retained Derby South at the 1970 general election for the Labour Party, and was an assistant government whip from 1974 to 1975. He stood down as an MP at the 1983, after which he was succeeded by Margaret Beckett.

Johnson was partly funded by the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association.[1] He was treasurer of that Association from 1965 to 1977.[2]

Death

He died in Haywards Heath, aged 85.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table46.htm Voices of the Association
  2. Web site: Treasurers of the Association . 2007-12-15 . Malcolm Wallace . Dave Hillam . 1996 . 2003 . Single or Return . TSSA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021516/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table42.htm . 20 October 2007 .