1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Motherwell Constituency – Biography of McIntyre

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Motherwell

CANDIDATE : McIntyre

PARTY : Scot. Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. R. D. McIntyre lost the seat to Labour in 1945 after having had the distinction of being the first Scottish Nationalist M.P. He was a member for only 32 days. A native of Motherwell and son of a former local minister, he was educated at Hamilton Academy, Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University. He is chairman of the Scottish Nationalist Party.

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