David Henderson MacDonald (c. 1857 – 22 June 1919) was briefly the
Conservative
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MP for
Bothwell in
Lanarkshire
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,
Scotland
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. He was elected MP for Bothwell at the
1918 General Election after defeating the
Labour
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candidate
John Robertson by 322 votes, becoming the first MP from Bothwell. MacDonald did not serve long as an MP, as he died in June 1919 (at age 61), after just 176 days in office. Robertson went on to win the ensuing by-election.
See also
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List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service
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1850s births
1919 deaths
Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs
UK MPs 1918–1922
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