Thomas Dickson (Scottish politician)

Thomas Scott Dickson (1885–1935)^[1] was Labour MP for Lanark for two periods.

Career

He was first elected in 1923, but was narrowly defeated in 1924. He was re-elected in 1929, but did not seek re-election in 1931. During his election in 1923, The Times described him as follows: Mr T. Dickson is a journalist and a member of the Lanark County Council. Originally a member of the reporting staff of the Scotsman, he is now a sub-editor on Forward, the organ in Scotland of the Socialist movement. He unsuccessfully contested the constituency at the last General Election.^[2]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
^ The Times, 8 December 1923

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Scott Dickson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Walter Elliot	Member of Parliament for Lanark 1923–1924	Succeeded by Stephen Mitchell
Preceded by Stephen Mitchell	Member of Parliament for Lanark 1929–1931	Succeeded by Lord Dunglass

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)

[2] The Times, 8 December 1923

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