Alexander Wilson (5 June 1917 – 23 March 1978) was a British Labour Party politician. Wilson was educated at the Forth Grammar School, before becoming a

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. He joined the Labour Party, and served on the Third District Council of

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for eleven years. Wilson's first parliamentary contest was the

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of 1967, in which he lost to the Scottish National Party candidate Winifred Ewing. However, Wilson was able to gain the seat from her at the 1970 general election. Wilson held the seat until his death at the age of 60 in 1978. George Robertson, the future

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, was elected as his successor in the subsequent by-election.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *

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* 1917 births 1978 deaths Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub