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constituency in 1935, and came in at second at the

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. At the 1945 general election McAllister was elected as

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(MP) for

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. He held that seat for six years, until his defeat at the 1951 election by the

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candidate

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References

*
United Kingdom general elections results, 1951
at Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources *

External links

* 1906 births 1964 deaths Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub