William Arthur Wilkinson (1795 – 13 April 1865) was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1857.
He unsuccessfully contested Sunderland at the 1847 general election and at a by-election in December that year.[1] He was elected at the 1852 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lambeth, but was heavily defeated at the 1857 general election by William Roupell.[2]
He then contested Reigate at the 1859 general election,[3] before standing again in Lambeth at a by-election in May 1862 following the resignation of Roupell, who defeated him in 1857 and had fled to Spain amidst allegations of forgery. However, he came a poor third, with less than 10% of the votes.
He stood for a final time at a by-election in Reigate in February 1863, but was again unsuccessful.
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