George Alexander Morrison
- George Alexander Morrison
George Alexander Morrison (30 October 1869 – 8 September 1956) was a Scottish Liberal Party and then National Liberal Party politician.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Combined Scottish Universities at a by-election in 1934. He resigned the Liberal whip in July 1935 to join the National Liberals[ [http://www.alba.org.uk/timeline/1918to1945.html Scottish Political Timeline 1918 - 1945 ] ] , and was re-elected at the 1935 as a National Liberal. He resigned his seat in 1945, triggering another by-election.]Dr Morrison was Rector of Inverness Royal Academy from 1910-1920 and Headmaster of Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen from 1920-1933 [The Times, 26 November 1935] .
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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
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/scommons2.htm Historical list of MPs: S (part 2)] at Leigh Rayment's peerage pages
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