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1941 Dunbartonshire By-election
The 1941 Dunbartonshire by-election was held on 27 February 1941. The by-election was held due to the appointment as sheriff substitute of the incumbent Labour MP, Thomas Cassells. It was won by the Labour candidate Adam McKinlay. Because of the wartime truce his only opponent was a Communist, who had a relatively strong vote, although the constituency did include the Vale of Leven The Vale of Leven (Scottish Gaelic: ''Magh Leamhna'') is an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in the valley of the River Leven. Historically, it was part of The Lennox, the name of which derives from the Gaelic term ''Leamhnach'', meaning '' ..., a "little Moscow". It took place before the Soviet Union entered the war when the Soviet Communist Party changed its line. References {{Westminster by-elections in Scotland 1900–1949 1941 in Scotland 1940s elections in Scotland Politics of Dunbartonshire 1941 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Dunbartonshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Palace of Westminster, Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also Westminster) from 1801 to 1950. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Dunbartonshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency), Dunbartonshire . History The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the Plurality voting system, first past the post system until the seat was split in 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. Boundaries The constituency was created to cover the county of Dumbarton (later ''Dunbarton'') minus any parliamentary burgh or part thereof within the Counties of Scotland, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cassells
Thomas Cassells (7 August 1902 – 16 June 1944) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunbartonshire from 1936 to 1941. He won the seat at a by-election in March 1936, when his predecessor resigned to become Governor of Burma. A solicitor by training, Cassells held the seat until his appointment in 1941 as a Sheriff-substitute of Inverness, Elgin and Nairn, when he was succeeded at a by-election by Adam McKinlay. He also served as Dean of Guild for the Burgh for Falkirk. Thomas Cassells was educated at Hamilton Academy where one of his teachers had been Robert Gibson, himself a former pupil of the school, and who was also to serve as a Labour MP (for Greenock) and over the same period, 1936–41. From the academy, Cassells studied at both Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam McKinlay
Adam Storey McKinlay (27 December 1887 – 17 March 1950) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1929 to 1931, and from 1941 to 1950. McKinlay was born in Govan, Glasgow in December 1887 to Hugh McKinlay and Lizzie Storey. At the 1929 general election, McKinlay was elected as MP for Glasgow Partick. He was defeated in 1931 and was unsuccessful when he stood again in 1935. He also stood unsuccessfully in the 1935 Perth by-election. He returned to the House of Commons when he won a by-election in on 27 February 1941 for the Dunbartonshire constituency. He was re-elected in 1945 and when that constituency was abolished at the 1950 general election, he was returned for the new West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire ( sco, Wast Dunbairtonshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar, ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's commute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale Of Leven
The Vale of Leven (Scottish Gaelic: ''Magh Leamhna'') is an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in the valley of the River Leven. Historically, it was part of The Lennox, the name of which derives from the Gaelic term ''Leamhnach'', meaning ''field of the Leven''. ''Leamnha'' is thought to mean elm-water. Geographically the valley of the Vale of Leven runs from Loch Lomond in the north to Dumbarton in the south. However, the term "Vale of Leven" or just "The Vale" is commonly used locally to refer to the urban area towards the north of the valley that consists of a number of communities. These were historically separate villages but have expanded into one conurbation. The largest of these communities is the town of Alexandria, which sits on the west bank of the Leven. Alexandria is connected to the village of Renton to the south and to the village of Balloch in the north. Across the river from Alexandria Is Bonhill which is connected to Jamestown to the north. The combine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm MacEwen
Malcolm MacEwen (24 December 1911 – 11 May 1996) was a Scottish people, Scottish conservationist and communist activist. Life Born in Inverness, MacEwen was the son of Alexander MacEwen, first leader of the Scottish National Party. He was educated at Rossall School in England, as his father hoped he would not acquire a strong Scottish accent.Graham Stevenson,MacEwan Malcolm, ''Compendium of Communist Biography'' He studied forestry at the University of Aberdeen, during which time he lost a leg in a car accident.Chris Hall,Obituary: Malcolm MacEwen, ''The Independent'', 16 May 1996 He also joined the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, and served as a councillor in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Banff for a time. However, he decided to requalify as a lawyer, studying at the University of Edinburgh, where he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Soon after this graduation he found work as a lawyer for the ''Scottish Daily Worker'', a short-lived edition of the communist ''Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 In Scotland
Events from the year 1941 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ernest Brown until 8 February; then Tom Johnston Law officers * Lord Advocate – Thomas Mackay Cooper until June; then James Reid * Solicitor General for Scotland – James Reid until June; Sir David King Murray Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Normand * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Aitchison, then Lord Cooper * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Murray, then Lord Gibson Events * 17 January – a German Heinkel He 111 meteorological aircraft is crash-landed on Fair Isle. * 5 February – the cargo ship runs aground on Eriskay. * 12 February – Tom Johnston is appointed Secretary of State for Scotland, a post which he holds until the end of the wartime coalition. * 24 February – SS ''Jonathan Holt'' is torpedoed in a convoy off Cape Wrath by German submarine ''U-97'' with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Elections In Scotland
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 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 * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Dunbartonshire
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Elections In The United Kingdom
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian and British troops defeat I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
