| William Wilson | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Westhoughton |
| Term Start: | 12 January 1906 |
| Term End: | 14 August 1921 |
| Predecessor: | Edward Stanley |
| Successor: | Rhys Davies |
| Birth Date: | 1855 |
| Birth Place: | Kendal |
| Party: | Labour |
William Tyson Wilson (1855 – 14 August 1921) was a British trade unionist and Labour politician.
Tyson was born in Westmorland, moving to Bolton, Lancashire, in 1889.[1] 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.[2]
At the 1906 general election Wilson was one of 29 successful Labour Representation Committee candidates, being elected MP for Westhoughton. On 22 February 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.[3]
He was made a whip in 1915, and was promoted to chief whip in 1919, when the Labour Party became the official opposition.[4]
W T Wilson died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on a Bolton street on Sunday, 14 August 1921.[1] [5] He was buried in St Peter's Churchyard, Halliwell on 17 August 1921.[6]