Malcolm Smith (Scottish politician)
Sir Malcolm Smith (1 December 1856 – 12 March 1935)[1] was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.
Smith was born and brought up in a crofting family in Shetland but moved to the port of Leith as a young man. There he prospered as a businessman and became the Provost of Leith from 1908 to 1917,[2] shortly before the town was incorporated into the city of Edinburgh.
He was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the island constituency of Orkney and Shetland in a by-election in May 1921, following the death of the sitting MP, Cathcart Wason.[3] Having stood in the by-election as a Coalition Liberal, supporting the coalition government led by David Lloyd George, he stood at the 1922 general election as a National Liberal, but was defeated by the Liberal party candidate Robert William Hamilton.[3]
He is buried in Warriston Cemetery to the south-east of the vaults.
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons, 1922, p. 143
- 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 641. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Malcolm Smith
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Cathcart Wason |
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland 1921 – 1922 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert William Hamilton |