James Kidd (politician)
James Kidd (11 March 1872 – 2 March 1928)[1] was a British solicitor and Unionist Party politician in Scotland. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 until his death in 1928.
Biography[edit]
Educated at Carriden Public School and Edinburgh University, Kidd was a solicitor by profession who practiced at Linlithgow. He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament MP for Linlithgowshire,[2] standing as a Coalition Unionist, that is a supporter of David Lloyd George's Coalition Government.[3] He was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Labour Party candidate Manny Shinwell.[3]
Kidd stood again in 1923 general election, without success.[3] He defeated Shinwell in the 1924 general election[3] and held the seat until his death in 1928, aged 55.[1]
He served briefly as an Under-Secretary of State for Scotland with responsibility for health.[citation needed]
He was a justice of the peace and procurator-fiscal for his county.
His daughter Dame Margaret Kidd (1900–1989) was a lawyer and sheriff principal from 1960 to 1974, and the first woman to become a member of the Faculty of Advocates.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
- ^ "No. 31147". The London Gazette. 28 January 1919. p. 1366.
- ^ a b c d Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 637. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Poole, Isobel Anne (23 September 2004). "Kidd [married name MacDonald], Dame Margaret Henderson (1900–1989), lawyer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49228. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links[edit]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Kidd
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