Walter Johnson (politician)
Walter Hamlet Johnson (21 November 1917 – 12 April 2003) was a British Labour Party politician.
Walter Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Derby South | |
| In office 1970–1983 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Noel-Baker |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett |
| President of the Railway Clerks' Association | |
| In office 1977–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Bradley |
| Succeeded by | Jim Mills |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Walter Hamlet Johnson 21 November 1917 Hertford, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 12 April 2003 (aged 85) Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England |
| Political party | Labour |
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 Mockton. 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
- Voices of the Association, tssa.org, accessed September 2009
- Malcolm Wallace; Dave Hillam (2003) [1996]. "Treasurers of the Association". Single or Return. TSSA. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs