William Wright (Scottish politician)
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William Wright (1862 – 9 April 1931) was a Scottish Labour Party politician.
Born near Lincoln, Wright joined the Independent Labour Party, and began working for the party as a full-time organiser in South Wales in 1898. He later relocated to Scotland, where he became prominent in the co-operative movement.[1]
Wright was elected at the 1922 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rutherglen constituency in Lanarkshire, and held the seat until his death in 1931, aged 68.[1] The resulting by-election was won by the Labour candidate David Hardie.
In his spare time, Wright was a lay reader in the Anglican church, and wrote Agriculture and the Unemployed, and a book of poetry, Down Under.[1]
References
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- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Wright
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Rutherglen 1922–1931 |
Succeeded by David Hardie |
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