Robert Gibson (politician)

Robert Gibson (politician)

Robert Gibson (20 April 1886 – 9 April 1965) was a Scottish Labour Party politician.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in Roxburgh and Selkirk in 1929, Edinburgh North in 1931, at the Combined Scottish Universities in a 1934 by-election, and Dundee in the 1935 general election.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenock at a by-election in 1936, and held his seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in 1941 on his appointment as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.

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*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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