Thomas Scollan

Thomas Scollan (1884^[1] – c. 1974^[2]) was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician.

Scollan was an engineer, and an organiser for Distributive Workers.^[2] He was President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress in 1934.^[2]

He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Western Renfrewshire,^[3] defeating the sitting Unionist MP Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn. Scollan served only one term in Parliament, losing his seat at the 1950 general election to the National Liberal candidate John Scott Maclay.^[4]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
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↑ The London Gazette: no. 37238. p. 4296. 24 August 1945. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	Member of Parliament for Western Renfrewshire 1945 – 1950	Succeeded by John Scott Maclay

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