predecessor parliament successor death_date constituency_mp death_place nationality birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
graham alexander lockhart whitelaw united kingdom charles mackinnon douglas 23 january 1899 north west lanarkshire leith british 12 april 1843 24 july 1895 john goundry holburn
 23 january 1899 john goundry holburn tinplate worker
john goundry holburn

john goundry holburn -lrb- 1843-1899 -rrb- was a scottish politician and a member of parliament for north west lanarkshire from 1895 to 1899 .
holburn was born 12 april 1843 the son of thomas holburn of durham , he was self-educated and became a tinplate-worker .
between 1871 and 1875 he was president of the edinburgh and leith trades council and from 1890 to 1895 a member of leith town council .
in the 1895 general election holburn was elected to represent north west lanarkshire with a majority of only 97 .
he died in office on 25 january 1899 .
