Robert Burdon Stoker

Robert Burdon Stoker (June 19, 1859 - September 4, 1919) was a British shipping magnate and Conservative politician.

Stoker was a director of the Manchester Ship Canal Company and in 1898 became managing director of Manchester Liners Limited on its formation. He later became chairman of the company, and was elected president of the Manchester Steamship Owners Association. In 1917 he became President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce.^[1]

In March 1918 the sitting MP for Manchester South, major Philip Glazebrook, was killed in action. Stoker was chosen as the Coalition Conservative candidate for the vacant seat, and was elected unopposed.^[2]

The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised Manchester's constituencies, and Stoker was elected as first MP for the new Rusholme constituency.

R B Stoker died at his home in Bowdon, Cheshire in September 1919, aged 60 after a long illness.^[1]

References

Leigh Rayment's Privy Council Page

^ ^a ^b A Manchester By-Election. Death of R. B. Stoker M.P., September 5, 1919, p.12
^ News in Brief, The Times, March 19, 1918, p.3

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Philip Glazebrook	Member of Parliament for Manchester South 1918–1918	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Manchester Rusholme 1918–1919	Succeeded by John Henry Thorpe

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[obit-1] A Manchester By-Election. Death of R. B. Stoker M.P., September 5, 1919, p.12

[2] News in Brief, The Times, March 19, 1918, p.3

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