George Aitken Clark Hutchison

Sir George Aitken Clark Hutchison (6 July 1873 – 22 December 1928)^[1] was a Unionist Party politician in Scotland who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian and Peebles Northern from 1922 to 1923, and from 1924 until his death.

He first stood for Parliament at the December 1910 general election in Argyll, a marginal seat where he lost by 257 votes (3.0%).^[2]

He did not stand again until the 1922 general election, when he held the Midlothian and Peebles Northern seat after the sitting Unionist MP had retired.^[3] He was defeated at the 1923 general election by the Labour Party candidate Andrew Clarke, but won again at the 1924 general election.

He was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours in 1928, "for political and public services",^[4] and died on 22 December 1928, aged 55.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 527. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 638. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33390. p. 3846. 1 June 1928. Retrieved 10 July 2010.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Hope	Member of Parliament for Midlothian & Peebles Northern 1922 – 1923	Succeeded by Andrew Clarke
Preceded by Andrew Clarke	Member of Parliament for Midlothian & Peebles Northern 1924 – 1928	Succeeded by Andrew Clarke

Persondata
Name	Hutchison, George Aitken Clark
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	6 July 1873
Place of birth
Date of death	22 December 1928
Place of death