Thomas McMillan (politician, 1919)

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Thomas McMillan ( February 12, 1919 - April 30, 1980 ) was a Scottish politician.

Political career

Since the general election in 1950 which held Labor -Politiker James McInnes the mandate of the constituency Glasgow Central . At the general election in 1966 , he has not raced for more. Instead, McMillan ran for the Labor Party electoral mandate. His only opponent was the conservative R.B. Anderson . On election day, McMillan prevailed clearly against Anderson with a vote of 74.8% and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons for the first time . In the following general election in 1970 , February 1974 , October 1974 and 1979 McMillan held the mandate for the Labor Party. He died in April 1980, before the end of the electoral term. After his death, by-elections were required in the Glasgow Central constituency. McMillan's party colleague Robert McTaggart won this . From his 14 years in the House of Commons, there are 167 contributions by McMillan.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thomas McMillan at Hansard (English)
  2. ↑ Results of the 1966 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  3. ^ Results of the 1970 general election
  4. ↑ Results of the February 1974 general election ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  5. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in October 1974 ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  6. ^ Results of the 1979 general election
  7. ^ R. Ramsay: A Guide to Post-War Scottish By-Elections to the UK Parliament , Paragon, 2011, p. 41. ISBN 978-1-9083-4126-6

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personal data
SURNAME McMillan, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1919
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1980