Walter Menzies
Sir Walter Menzies
Sir Walter Menzies (24 July 1856 – 26 October 1913)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southern Lanarkshire from 1900 to 1913.
He unsuccessfully contested the Glasgow Central constituency at the 1892 general election. He switched to the Southern Division of Lanarkshire for the 1900 election, a Conservative-Liberal marginal seat. He lost by 452 votes, but in the Liberal landslide at the 1906 election he won the seat with a majority of 1,275. He was re-elected at both the January 1910 and December 1910 elections, and held his seat in the House of Commons until his death in 1913, aged 57.[2]
References
- ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 506, 551. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Walter Menzies
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by James Hozier |
Member of Parliament for Southern Lanarkshire 1906 – 1913 |
Succeeded by William Watson |
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