David Logan (politician)

For other people named David Logan, see David Logan.

David Gilbert Logan (22 November 1871 – 25 February 1964), known as Davie Logan, was a British Labour Party politician of Scots-Irish descent.^[1] He succeeded T.P. O'Connor as member of Parliament for Liverpool Scotland in 1929, 44-years after O'Connor had been first elected.

Born in the Scotland Road area of Liverpool, Logan was the son of Thomas Logan, a ship's cook, and Catherine McHugh.^[1]

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool, Scotland from 1929 until his death in 1964, aged 92, becoming the oldest MP since Samuel Young in 1918. Logan was a longtime associate of the previous MP T.P. O'Connor as well as himself having a strong involvement in the Irish Nationalist movement prior to joining the Labour Party, serving on Liverpool city council as a nationalist councillor.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Kelly, Michael (2006), Liverpool's Irish Connection, AJH Publishing ISBN 0-95-548540-1

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Kelly (2006), p173

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by T.P. O'Connor	Member of Parliament for Liverpool Scotland 1929–1964	Succeeded by Walter Alldritt
Preceded by Murdoch Macdonald	Oldest sitting member (nb not Father of the House) 1950 - 1964	Succeeded by Winston Churchill

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Name	Logan, David
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Date of birth	22 November 1871
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Date of death	25 February 1964
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