Sir Charles Stuart McFarlane (10 October 1895 – 4 February 1958) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician. He served as the

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for Glasgow Camlachie from 1948 to 1950. He contested the seat at the

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but was unsuccessful. McFarlane won it three years later at a by-election in January 1948 with a majority of 395 votes, but was defeated at the next election in 1950. He contested the seat again in

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, and stood for Glasgow Provan in

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, losing quite narrowly each time to the Labour Party candidates. He was Director of J. & A. McFarlane, a hardware manufacturer business in Glasgow. He was awarded an

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in the

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and was knighted in the

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* Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies 1895 births 1958 deaths UK MPs 1945–1950 Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs {{Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub