James Carmichael (British politician)
James Carmichael | |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow Bridgeton | |
In office 29 August 1946 – 8 June 1961 | |
Preceded by | James Maxton |
Succeeded by | James Bennett |
Personal details | |
Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 7 April 1894
Died | 19 January 1966 Dumfries, Scotland | (aged 71)
Political party | Labour |
Other political affiliations | Independent Labour Party |
James Carmichael (7 April 1894 – 19 January 1966) was a Scottish Labour politician.
Carmichael was born in
He was elected for Glasgow Bridgeton at a by-election in 1946, following the death of James Maxton, leader of the ILP. He was the ILP candidate, and he narrowly beat the Labour Party candidate to win the by-election. However this by-election was the ILP's "swan song"; he and the two other ILP MPs defected to the Labour Party at various times in 1947 and it ceased to be a serious electoral force after this.
Carmichael retired as an MP in 1961. The by-election to replace him was won by Labour, but it was one of the first elections where the Scottish National Party (SNP) won a significant vote, heralding further advances in the 1960s.
His son was Neil Carmichael, who was also a Glasgow Labour MP for several years, and was later created a life peer as Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove. His son-in-law was Labour MP Hugh Brown.[1]
Carmichael died at a hospital in Dumfries, aged 72.[1]