William Gordon Bennett

Sir William Gordon Bennett (19 February 1889 – 5 October 1982)[1][2] was Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Woodside from 1950 to 1955.[3]

Bennett saw military during the First World War, during which he was wounded. He was an officer in the Tank Corps at some point.

Bennett was a member of the Glasgow Royal Exchange and of the Glasgow Trades House. He was a magistrate and member of the Glasgow Corporation. He was president of the Scottish Unionist Association.

He contested Glasgow Shettleston in July 1945 before winning at Glasgow Woodside in 1950.

He was knighted in 1955 "for political and public services".

  1. ^ General Registry Office Scotland, registers of births (1889), marriages (1922) and deaths (1982)
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  3. ^ Department of Information Services (21 January 2008). "Maiden Speeches 1945 - 1979" (PDF). London: Parliament of the United Kingdom. p. 2. SN/PC/04587. Retrieved 13 October 2012.