John Pratt (Liberal politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish Liberal politician
Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1873
Date of Death: 27-Oct-1952
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John Pratt (Liberal politician)
- Sir John William Pratt (9 September 1873 – 27 October 1952), was a Scottish Liberal politician. Pratt was Warden of Glasgow University Settlement, 1902–12 and was a Member of Glasgow Town Council, 1906.
- At the start of his political career he was a Fabian.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in a 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922.
- He served in the coalition government of David Lloyd George as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1916 to 1919 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland from 1919 to 1922.
- He was knighted in 1922. Pratt did not contest the general election of the same year.
- At the 1923 General election he sought a return to parliament but failed to re-gain Dundee for the Liberals.
- He then contested the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election without success.
- He did not contest the 1924 General Election.
- At the 1929 General Election, he stood for the Liberals at Sunderland without success.
- At the 1931 General Election, he stood for the New Party at Manchester Hulme, again without success. Pratt died in October 1952, aged 79.
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