John Taylor, OBE, JP (23 December 1857 – 19 September 1936) was the

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(MP) for Dumbarton Burghs elected at the 1918 general election, when he narrowly defeated

David Kirkwood David Kirkwood, 1st Baron Kirkwood, PC (8 July 1872 – 16 April 1955), was a Scottish politician, trade unionist and socialist activist from the East End of Glasgow, who was as a leading figure of the Red Clydeside era. Biography Kirkwood ...

. A native of Stirling, he was educated at Cambusbarron Public School and Stirling Art School. A painter and decorator by trade in business at Clydebank from 1888 to 1919, he was a member of the Clydebank Town Council for 25 years and provost for 14 years. He is usually regarded as a

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, although his candidacy was jointly organised by the

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. In the

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, he was a supporter of

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's coalition government. He lost the seat to Kirkwood in 1922, when he stood as a

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, and he did not stand again.

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* 1857 births 1936 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies People associated with West Dunbartonshire Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1918–1922 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians Officers of the Order of the British Empire Scottish justices of the peace British businesspeople {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub