Gilbert McAllister | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Rutherglen |
Term Start: | 5 July 1945 |
Term End: | 5 October 1951 |
Predecessor: | Allan Chapman |
Successor: | Richard Brooman-White |
Birth Date: | 26 March 1906 |
Party: | Labour |
Gilbert McAllister (26 March 1906 – 27 May 1964) was a British Labour Party politician. He unsuccessfully contested the North Lanarkshire constituency in 1935, and came in at second at the 1937 Glasgow Hillhead by-election.
At the 1945 general election McAllister was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Rutherglen. He held that seat for six years, until his defeat at the 1951 election by the Conservative Party candidate Richard Brooman-White.
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