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1935 Edinburgh West By-election
The 1935 Edinburgh West by-election was held on 2 May 1935. The by-election was held due to the appointed as lord justice general of the incumbent Conservative MP, Wilfrid Normand Wilfrid Guild Normand, Baron Normand, (1884 – 5 October 1962), was a Scottish Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist Party politician and judge. He was a Scottish Law Officers of the Crown, law officer at various stages between 1929 and 1935, an .... It was won by the Conservative candidate Thomas Cooper. References 1935 elections in the United Kingdom 1935 in Scotland 1930s elections in Scotland 1930s in Edinburgh May 1935 events North, 1935 {{Scotland-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Edinburgh West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first contested at the 1885 general election. Prior to the 2005 general election, the boundaries were the same as the eponymous constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which had been created in 1999. This commuter belt seat, distinctively in the city, was Unionist/Conservative for over 65 years, from the 1931 general election until the 1997 general election, although the Liberal/SDP Alliance and later the Liberal Democrats repeatedly came close to winning in the 1980s and early 1990s. After 1997, the seat was held by the Liberal Democrats until the 2015 general election. The Member of Parliament (MP) between the 2015 and 2017 general elections was Michelle Thomson, who was elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP) in May 2015. In September 2015, she resigned the party whip and sat as an Independent. Thomson chose not to seek reelection either for the SNP or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Normand
Wilfrid Guild Normand, Baron Normand, (1884 – 5 October 1962), was a Scottish Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist Party politician and judge. He was a Scottish Law Officers of the Crown, law officer at various stages between 1929 and 1935, and a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament (MP) from 1931 to 1935. He was Lord President of the Court of Session from 1935 until he became a Law Lord in 1947. Life Normand was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, Oriel College, Oxford, Paris University and the University of Edinburgh. He was Faculty of Advocates, admitted as an advocate on 18 March 1910, the same day as the David King Murray, Lord Birnam, David King Murray, who also became Solicitor General and a Senator of the College of Justice. He served in the Royal Engineers from 1915 to 1918. He became a King's Counsel in 1925. He unsuccessfully contested Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency), Edinburgh West at the 1929 United Kingdom general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper Of Culross
Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1956) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician, a judge and a historian, who had been appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland. Background and education Cooper was the son of John Cooper, of Edinburgh, a civil engineer, and Margaret, daughter of John Mackay, of Dunnet, Caithness. In 1915 he applied to George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh where he completed an MA in 1912 and a Law LLB. Political, legal and judicial career Cooper was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1915 and created a King's Counsel in 1927. He was the Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West from a by-election in 1935 to 1941. In 1935 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland and later that year he was appointed as Lord Advocate. He also became a Privy Counsellor in 1935. In 1941 he became Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper and in 1947 Lord Justic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McAdam (British Politician)
William McAdam (7 August 1886 – 22 April 1952) was a British politician. McAdam was educated in Ecclefechan, then became a worker on the railways. He served in the British Army during World War I, then returned to his former career, becoming active in the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR). He rose to become branch secretary, then a member of the union's National Executive Committee, and also its district auditor. McAdam also became active in the Labour Party, standing unsuccessfully in the 1935 Edinburgh West by-election, and in Salford North at the 1935 United Kingdom general election. However, he won the seat at the 1945 United Kingdom general election The 1945 United Kingdom general election was a national election held on 5 July 1945, but polling in some constituencies was delayed by some days, and the counting of votes was delayed until 26 July to provide time for overseas votes to be bro ..., serving until 1950, when he retired. He also spent time on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Paish
Sir George Paish (7 November 1867 – 1 May 1957) was a British liberal economist of international renown, author of ''The Defeat of Chaos'' (1941), as well as ''Railways in Great Britain'' (1904), and co-author of ''Road To Prosperity'' in 1927. He advocated the free market prior to the First World War, and was at one point advisor to the head of the British Treasury. He also served for a time as co-president of the Anglo-Ethiopian Society. He was the assistant editor of '' The Statist'' magazine from 1894 to 1900 and later became the editor. Family Paish was born in Horsham, Sussex, on 7 November 1867, the son of Robert and Jane Paish; his father was a coachman. He married Emily Mary Whitehead on 24 March 1894, and they had five sons. One of the sons was Frank Walter Paish, also an economist. His wife died in 1933, and Paish married again on 30 September 1936 to Anita Carolyn Rouse. Paish died on 1 May 1957 in a nursing home at Wexham in Buckinghamshire. Politics He was act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Elections In The United Kingdom
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibiotic, is published in a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 In Scotland
Events from the year 1935 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir Godfrey Collins Law officers * Lord Advocate – Wilfrid Normand until April; then Douglas Jamieson until December; then Thomas Mackay Cooper * Solicitor General for Scotland – Douglas Jamieson until April; ''vacant'' until May; then Thomas Mackay Cooper until December; then Albert Russell Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde until 1 April; then Lord Normand * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Aitchison * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord MacGregor Mitchell Events * 31 March & 5 December – Glasgow Subway electrified service opened to public on inner and outer circle respectively * 16 May – Thomas Mackay Cooper becomes Solicitor General for Scotland, replacing Douglas Jamieson * 22 June – Kerr's Miniature Railway at Arbroath opens for business * 9 September – Glaswegian fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Elections In Scotland
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s In Edinburgh
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 1935 Events
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the start of the summer vacation season in the United States ( Memorial Day) and Canada (Victoria Day) that ends on Labor Day, the first Monday of September. May (in Latin, ''Maius'') was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is named for the ''maiores,'' Latin for "elders," and that the following month (June) is named for the ''iuniores,'' or "young people" (''Fasti VI.88''). Eta Aquariids meteor shower ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
