Joshua Milne Cheetham, JP, MP (1835 – 27 November 1902) was a British

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 Member of Parliament. He took part in the July 1892 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1892

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, and was elected to the House of Commons for the Oldham constituency

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. Prior to his election, he was Chairman of the Oldham Joint Stock Bank and a justice of the peace for Lancashire

Lancashire

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. He was a Liberal

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, and favoured Home Rule

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 for Ireland

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 and the Gladstonian

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programme in general. He sat in the House of Commons until his retirement in 1895.