John Macdonald (British politician)

John Archibald Murray Macdonald PC (9 October 1854 – 16 January 1939) was a British Liberal Party politician.

The fourth son of the Rev. H. F. Macdonald DD, Strachur, Argyllshire, he was educated at Glasgow High School, Glasgow University and Edinburgh University.

He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley from 1892 to 1895, for Falkirk Burghs from 1906–1918 and for Stirling and Falkirk Burghs from 1918-1922.

He was also an elected member of the London School Board for Marylebone in 1897 and 1900, resigning in 1902.

In 1885 he married Alice Mary Noel, daughter of Edward H. Noel.

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1916

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Colomb	Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley 1892 – 1895	Succeeded by Lionel Holland
Preceded by John Wilson	Member of Parliament for Falkirk Burghs 1906 – 1918	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Stirling and Falkirk Burghs 1918 – 1922	Succeeded by Hugh Murnin

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Name	Macdonald, John Archibald Murray
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	9 October 1854
Place of birth
Date of death	16 January 1939
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