James Dundas White

James Dundas White (10 July 1866 – 30 April 1951),^[1] known as J. D. White, was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) from 1906 to 1918, with a short break in 1911.

He was then elected at the 1906 general election as MP for Dunbartonshire. He was re-elected in January 1910, but did not stand at the December 1910 general election. ^[2]

However he returned to the House of Commons seven months later, when he was elected at a by-election in July 1911 for Glasgow Tradeston.^[3] At the general election in 1918, White did not receive the Coalition Coupon and was defeated by a Unionist supporter of Lloyd George's coalition government.^[4]

White was the nephew of Lord Overtoun.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 536. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^ Craig, op. cit., page 509
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 599. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Dundas White

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alexander Wylie	Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire 1906 – December 1910	Succeeded by Arthur Acland Allen
Preceded by Archibald Corbett	Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire 1911 – 1918	Succeeded by Vivian Leonard Henderson

Persondata
Name	White, James Dundas
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	10 July 1866
Place of birth
Date of death	30 April 1951
Place of death