Sir John Austin, 1st Baronet was a Liberal Party politician in England.
Career
A former Liberal who had joined the Liberal Unionist Party). Austin was re-elected in 1892 and 1895, but in 1899 he left the Liberal Party to sit as an "Independent Liberal". He was returned as an "Independent Liberal" in 1900, and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1906 general election.
He was created a baronet of Red Hill, Yorkshire in 1894.
Membership
24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament.
27th United Kingdom Parliament]
At the 1886 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Osgoldcross in the West Riding of Yorkshire, defeating the sitting Member of Parliament Sir John Ramsden, Baronet