John Edmondson Whittaker

For other people named John Whittaker, see John Whittaker (disambiguation).

John Edmondson Whittaker (1897 – c.9 December 1945) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

John Whittaker was born in Burnley in 1897. After working as a weaver in a cotton mill as a boy, Whittaker was educated at Burnley Municipal College and Sarisbury Court Church of England Teachers Training College, Hampshire. He fought in the First World War.

In 1921 he marred Alice, daughter of Frank Marshall, esquire. There was a daughter from the marriage.

He was Headmaster of Rosegrove County Modern School, Burnley until his election as Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe at the 1945 General Election, when he defeated the sitting Conservative MP, James Henry Wootton-Davies by 892 votes.

In late-1945 Whittaker suffered bouts of ill-health, first influenza, then collapsing in Manchester. On 7 December 1945, Whittaker told his wife he was going for a walk. His body was discovered two days later at Crown Point, near Burnley. He had committed suicide.

See also

• List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Whittaker

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Henry Wootton-Davies	Member of Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe 1945–1945	Succeeded by Anthony Greenwood