John Mackie (Scottish politician)

John Mackie (Scottish politician)

John Hamilton Mackie (8 January 1898 – 29 December 1958) was a Scottish Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Galloway from 1931 to 1958 apart from the period 1945 to 1948 when, having been refused a Conservative nomination at the 1945 general election he was re-elected and sat as an "Independent Unionist". The Conservative whip was restored in 1948. He continued to represent Galloway until his death.

He was a member of the Right Club established by Archibald Maule Ramsay in 1938.

External links

* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SSmackie.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SSmackie.htm]


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