Murdoch McKenzie Wood

Not to be confused with Murdoch Mackenzie (cartographer).

Major Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood OBE, DL (1881 – 11 October 1949) was a Scottish Liberal politician.

The second son of James Wood of Cullen, Banffshire, Wood was educated at Edinburgh University

He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1910, and was on the editorial staff of the Daily Mail. In World War I he served with the Gordon Highlanders and was severely wounded, later serving with the administrative staff of the Royal Air Force. He was awarded the OBE in 1919.

He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Ayr Burghs in 1918, but entered Parliament as Liberal MP for Aberdeenshire Central at a by-election in April 1919 and he represented the constituency until October 1924. He later sat for Banffshire from 1929 until 1935. He was an unpaid Assistant Government Whip from 1931-1932, and Liberal Whip in 1923-1924 and 1932-1934.

He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Banffshire and was knighted in 1932.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Murdoch McKenzie Wood

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alexander Theodore Gordon	Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire Central 1919–1924	Succeeded by Robert Workman Smith
Preceded by William Paterson Templeton	Member of Parliament for Banffshire 1929–1935	Succeeded by John Edmund Ritchie Findlay

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Name	Wood, Murdoch McKenzie
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Date of birth	1881
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Date of death	11 October 1949
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