John Archibald Murray Macdonald (9 October 1854 – 16 January 1939) was a Scottish

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politician.

Biography

The fourth son of the Rev. H. F. Macdonald DD,

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, he was educated at Glasgow High School, the

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and the

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. In 1885 he married Alice Mary Noel, daughter of Edward H. Noel. He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley from 1892 to 1895, for Falkirk Burghs from 1906 to 1918 and for Stirling and Falkirk Burghs from 1918 to 1922. He was also an elected member of the

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for Marylebone in 1897 and 1900, resigning in 1902. In 1911, he addressed a meeting of the Young Scots Society in Clydebank and advocated for devolution of political power to Scotland due to what he saw as the congestion of business at Westminster, claiming that Parliament was no longer "a deliberative assembly in the true sense."The Scotsman 29 Nov 1911: 13 He was appointed a

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in 1916.

Sources

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Macdonald, J. A. Murray

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* 1854 births 1939 deaths People educated at the High School of Glasgow Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 Members of the London School Board Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stirling constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub