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John Haslam (politician)

British politician (1878-1940)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ13529931 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sir John Haslam (27 February 1878 – 21 May 1940) was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was the member of parliament (MP) for Bolton from the 1931 general election until his death in 1940, aged 62.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “John Haslam (politician)” is british politician (1878-1940). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through John, Haslam and politician, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1878, 1940, 1931—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1878-02-27. For this dossier, John, Haslam and politician is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13529931. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1878, 1940 and 1931.

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This entry incorporates text from “John Haslam (politician)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.