John Robertson (Bothwell MP)
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John Robertson MBE (1867 – 14 February 1926)[1] was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He began work in the coal mines at age 11, eventually becoming Chairman of the Scottish Miners' Union. He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for the Bothwell constituency in Lanarkshire at the 1918 general election.[1] In the 1919 by-election, he was elected as Member of Parliament, holding the seat until his death at age 59.[2]
He served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, in the short-lived Labour government of 1924.[1]
He was awarded the MBE in 1918.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Report of Proceedings at the Annual Trades Union Congress Volume 58. Trades Union Congress. 1926. p. 303.
- ^ "Death of John Robertson". Social-democrat. March 1926. p. 4.
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