Willie Hamilton
Willie Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for West Fife | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 8 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Willie Gallacher |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Central Fife | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 18 May 1987 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Henry McLeish |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Winter Hamilton 26 June 1917 Lincoln, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouses | Joan Callow
(m. 1944; died 1968)Margaret Cogle (m. 1982) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Captain |
| Unit | Pioneer Corps |
William Winter Hamilton (26 June 1917 – 23 January 2000)[1] was a British politician who served as a Labour Member of Parliament for constituencies in Fife, Scotland for 37 years, between 1950 and 1987. He was known for his strong republican views.
Background
Born in
Parliamentary career
Hamilton contested West Fife at the 1945 general election, but lost to Communist Willie Gallacher.
In 1950 he overturned that result, winning by over 13,000 votes. In 1974, after boundary changes, he became MP for Fife Central.
In 1986 Hamilton was replaced as Labour candidate in Fife Central by Henry McLeish, and stood in the ultra-safe Conservative seat of South Hams in Devon, South-West England, where he came third, polling just 8% of the vote and losing to Conservative candidate and sitting MP Anthony Steen.
Republican views
He sponsored the equal pay for equal work bill
Personal life
In 1944, Hamilton married Joan Callow (died 1968), with whom he had a daughter and a son.
References
- ^ Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c George Hume, journalist (27 January 2000). "UK | Scotland | Tributes paid to veteran anti-royalist". BBC News. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ISBN 978-0704320536.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother – with a Scottish Flavour". Rampantscotland.com. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ a b Roth, Andrew (27 January 2000). "MP who was an outspoken critic of the royal family". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Willie Hamilton
- BBC report of death of Willie Hamilton
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
