Robert Ian Aonas MacInnes explained

Robert Ian Aonas MacInnes QC (23 July 1902 – 14 January 1972), was Sheriff of Lanarkshire and a Scottish Liberal Party and Scottish Labour Party politician.

Background

MacInnes was born the younger son of Rev. Dr Alexander MacInnes, Kirkliston, of Edinburgh. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh. In 1937 he married Mary Galloway Morrison and together they had one daughter.^[1]

Professional career

MacInnes was called to Scottish Bar in 1924. He was Sheriff Substitute of Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland at Stornoway 1934–40, of Argyll at Dunoon 1940–41, of Bute at Rothesay 1940–41 and of Lanarkshire at Glasgow 1948–53. He was made a Queen's Counsel (Scotland) in 1946. He was Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire at Hamilton from 1953–55.^[2]

Political career

MacInnes was Liberal candidate for the West Stirlingshire division at the 1923 General Election. He was Labour candidate for the Caithness and Sutherland division at the 1945 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.^[3]

Electoral record

Notes and References

1. ‘MacINNES, Robert Ian Aonas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 Aug 2017
2. ‘MacINNES, Robert Ian Aonas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 Aug 2017
3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig