Thomas Scollan
Thomas Scollan (1883 – 28 October 1974) was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician.[1][2]
Scollan was an engineer, and an organiser for the National Union of Distributive Workers.[2] He was President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress in 1934.[2]
He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Western Renfrewshire,[3] defeating the sitting Unionist MP Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn. Scollan served only one term in Parliament, losing his seat at the 1950 general election to the National Liberal candidate John Scott Maclay.[4]
Scollan died on 28 October 1974, at the age of 91.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ^ a b c Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 328. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
- ^ "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4296.
- ^ "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Scollan". The Herald. Glasgow. 29 October 1974. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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