Alexander Munro MacRobert

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MacRobert's grave in Dean Cemetery , Edinburgh

Alexander Munro MacRobert PC KC ( 1873 - October 18, 1930 ) was a Scottish politician and lawyer.

Life

MacRobert was born in 1873 to the solicitor Thomas MacRobert . He attended the Paisley Grammar School as well as the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh . In 1902 he married Emma Gentles , the daughter of the clergyman Thomas Gentles . Between 1925 and 1929 MacRobert held the office of Solicitor General for Scotland . In 1929 he was appointed Lord Advocate .

Political career

For the first time MacRobert stood in the general election of 1924 to elections at the national level. He ran for the Unionist Party for the constituency of East Renfrewshire . He succeeded F. Lobnitz, who was unsuccessful in the two previous elections. With a share of the vote of 55.7%, MacRobert prevailed against Labor candidate Robert Nichol , who had represented the constituency since 1922, and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons for the first time . After MacRobert's appointment as Solicitor General for Scotland, confirmatory by-elections were scheduled in the East Renfrewshire constituency. MacRobert prevailed against the Labor candidate John Martin Munro with a slight loss of votes and thus kept his mandate. In the general election in 1929 , he held the mandate against Munro again, with the result almost unchanged. After MacRobert's death in 1930, by-elections were required in the constituency. This was decided by his party colleague Douglas Douglas-Hamilton . A total of 182 contributions by MacRobert are recorded in Parliament.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Alexander MacRobert in Hansard (English)
  2. ^ CR Dod, RP Dod: Dod's Parliamentary Companion , p. 370.
  3. ^ The Liberal Yearbook 1932, p. 266.
  4. ^ The Liberal Magazine, Volume 34, 1926, p. 128.
  5. ^ The Liberal Yearbook 1936, p. 248.
  6. ^ The Constitutional Yearbook 1934, p. 250.

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personal data
SURNAME MacRobert, Alexander Munro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1873
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1930