Francis Ford Wilson

Francis Wilson
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 28 June 1904 – 27 October 1905
Preceded by	George McWilliams
Succeeded by	James Brebber
Constituency	North Perth
Personal details
Born	29 October 1865 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Died	17 June 1919 (aged 53) Greenmount, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Labor

Francis Ford Wilson (29 October 1865 – 17 June 1919) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1905 to 1908, representing the seat of North Perth.

Wilson was born near Creswick, Victoria. He worked variously as a blacksmith, wheelwright, and coachbuilder, living for periods in Melbourne and in Morwell. He served as president of the Victorian Coachbuilders' Union in 1901, and after moving to Western Australia in 1903 helped to re-establish a branch of the union there.^[1] At the 1904 state election, Wilson was elected to the seat of North Perth for the Labor Party, replacing George McWilliams. However, his time in parliament was short-lived, as he was defeated by James Brebber at the 1905 election.^[2] He later served on the North Perth Municipal Council from 1909 to 1914.^[1] In June 1919, Wilson contracted Spanish flu. He was placed into quarantine at Blackboy Hill, but died on the night of his arrival.^[3] Wilson had married Annie Andrew in 1887, with whom he had six children.^[1]

References

1. Francis Ford Wilson – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
2. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
3. "THE LATE F. F. WILSON", The Sunday Times, 22 June 1919.