Robert MacDonald (British politician) explained

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. 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning with "C". https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231323/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons3.htm. 10 August 2009. Leigh Rayment. usurped. 30 December 2017.
2. Book: Sources in British Political History 1900–1951: Volume 4: A Guide to the Private Papers of Members of Parliament: L–Z. C. Cook . P. Jones . J. Sinclair . Jeffrey Weeks. Springer. 20 April 1977. 32. 1349157627.
3. Book: 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. Michael. Stenton. Stephen. Lees. Harvester Press. 1981. 224. 9780391007680.