John George Burnett, OBE (30 March 1876 – 20 January 1962) was Unionist MP for Aberdeen North from 1931 to 1935, defeating

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at the 1931 general election. The son of Dr George Burnett, sometime

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, he was educated at

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and

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. he was subsequently called to the English bar by the

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. He was secretary of the Aberdeen War Pensions Committee from 1915 to 1920 and a member of the Aberdeen Town Council from 1928 to 1931. He became a member of the Scottish Departmental Committee on Housing. He was appointed an OBE in the New Years Honours List of 1946 for his services as County Army Welfare Officer for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire. He lost his seat in 1935 to Mr George M. Garro-Jones (Labour)The Times, 16 Nov 1935 page viii, General Election Results

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1876 births 1962 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Officers of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Inner Temple British barristers People educated at Glenalmond College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford {{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub