John Robertson (Bothwell MP)
For other people named John Robertson, see John Robertson (disambiguation).
Robertson in the mid 1900s
John Robertson MBE (1867 – 14 February 1926) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He began work in the coal mines as a boy of thirteen, eventually becoming Chairman of the Scottish Miners' Union. He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for the Bothwell constituency in Lanarkshire at the 1918 general election and was elected as Member of Parliament for the constituency in a 1919 by-election, holding the seat until his death.
He served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, in the short-lived Labour government of 1924.
He was awarded the MBE in 1918.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Robertson
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by David Henderson MacDonald |
Member of Parliament for Bothwell 1919–1926 |
Succeeded by Joseph Sullivan |
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| Preceded by Robert Smillie |
President of the Scottish Miners' Federation 1919–1920 |
Succeeded by Robert Smillie |
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