Sir John Wallace (1 July 1868 – 12 April 1949)
was a
Scottish
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Liberal Party and
National Liberal Party politician.
He was elected at the
1918 general election as
Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Dunfermline Burghs. However, when sought re-election as a
National Liberal at the
1922 general election, he lost the seat by only 201 votes to the
Labour Party candidate
William Watson.
Wallace stood again at the
1923 general election, this time as a
Liberal
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, but Watson increased his majority. He did not stand in the
1924
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or in
1929 elections, but contested the seat again at the
1931 general election, this time as a
Liberal National. He won the seat with a comfortable majority of 4,616 votes, and held it until his defeat at the
1935 general election. He did not stand for
Parliament
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again.
He was
knighted
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in the
New Year Honours 1935, for "political and public services".
His son,
Ian Wallace, achieved fame as an
opera
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and concert singer and broadcaster.
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1868 births
1949 deaths
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians
UK MPs 1918–1922
UK MPs 1931–1935
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies
People from Kirkcaldy
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