William Gillilan Johnson Explained

William Gillilan Johnson
Office:	Member of Parliament for
Term Start:	10 July 1841
Term End:	1 August 1842
Predecessor:	George Dunbar James Emerson Tennent
Successor:	David Robert Ross James Emerson Tennent
Alongside:	James Emerson Tennent
Birth Date:	1808
Nationality:	Irish
Party:	Conservative

Sir William Gillilan Johnson (1808 – 9 April 1886)^[1] was an Irish Conservative politician and barrister.^{[2] [3]}

He was elected Conservative MP for at the 1841 general election but unseated in August 1842.^{[2] [3] [4]}

He was also Mayor of Belfast City Council in 1849.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "A" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 19 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915170511/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons2.htm. 15 September 2018 . usurped . 13 September 2018 .
2. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . 1842 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 216 . . 19 August 2019.
3. Web site: William Johnson . Members of Parliament after 1832 . 19 August 2019.
4. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 0901714127.