Robert MacDonald (British politician)

Robert MacDonald (1875 – 18 January 1949)[1] was Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Cathcart from 1923 to 1929.[2]

MacDonald was born in 1875 in Glasgow to William MacDonald, an engineer.[3] MacDonald was a piano manufacturer. He was a Conservative, sitting on Glasgow City Council from 1914 to 1923, and was a justice of peace for the city. He first stood for Parliament in Cathcart in 1922, was elected in 1923 and 1924, and retired in May 1929.[3] He had declined to seek reselection on grounds of ill-health.

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  2. ^ C. Cook; P. Jones; J. Sinclair; Jeffrey Weeks, eds. (20 April 1977). Sources in British Political History 1900–1951: Volume 4: A Guide to the Private Papers of Members of Parliament: L–Z. Springer. p. 32. ISBN 1349157627.
  3. ^ a b Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1981). Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons, based on annual volumes of Dod's 'parliamentary companion' and other sources. Harvester Press. p. 224. ISBN 9780391007680.