Dr Gavin Brown Clark (1846 – 5 July 1930) was the MP for

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from

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to 1900. He was educated at the

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, the

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and

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, graduating in medicine. An active campaigner for social reform issues against an official

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candidate, he joined the

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parliamentary group and gave general support to the Liberal Party, while in opposition. He was re-elected as the official Liberal candidate in 1886, 1892 and 1895. Spending the time in opposition he spoke in the Commons in favour of measures to ameliorate poverty. Crofters were hard-bitten in the far north of Scotland by the clearances, unemployment, and low wages. He was the Honorary Secretary of the

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Independence Committee, for which he wrote the pamphlet ''The Transvaal and Bechuanaland''. For the 1900 general election he was replaced as Liberal candidate and defeated.British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig) He unsuccessfully stood for the Labour Party in Glasgow Cathcart in the 1918 general election.

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* 1846 births 1930 deaths UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of King's College London Scottish Liberal Party MPs Crofters Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub