John Robertson (Bothwell MP)

John Robertson MBE (1867 – 14 February 1926)^[1] was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He began work in the coal mines at age 11, eventually becoming Chairman of the Scottish Miners' Union. He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for the Bothwell constituency in Lanarkshire at the 1918 general election.^[1] In the 1919 by-election, he was elected as Member of Parliament, holding the seat until his death at age 59.^[2]

He served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, in the short-lived Labour government of 1924.^[1]

He was awarded the MBE in 1918.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Report of Proceedings at the Annual Trades Union Congress Volume 58. Trades Union Congress. 1926. p. 303.
^ "Death of John Robertson". Social-democrat. March 1926. p. 4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Robertson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David MacDonald	Member of Parliament for Bothwell 1919–1926	Succeeded by Joseph Sullivan
Trade union offices
Preceded by John Weir	Treasurer of the Scottish Miners' Federation 1908–1914	Succeeded by William Adamson
Preceded by Robert Smillie	President of the Scottish Miners' Federation 1918–1920	Succeeded by Hugh Murnin
Preceded by A. B. Hall and Charles Hobson	Auditor of the Trades Union Congress 1919 With: Ben Smith	Succeeded by Walter Smith and William Straker

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[TradesUnionCongress-1] Report of Proceedings at the Annual Trades Union Congress Volume 58. Trades Union Congress. 1926. p. 303.

[2] "Death of John Robertson". Social-democrat. March 1926. p. 4.

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