John Robertson MBE (1867 – 14 February 1926) was a Labour Party

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in the

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. He began work in the coal mines at age 11, eventually becoming Chairman of the Scottish Miners' Union. He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for the

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constituency in

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at the 1918 general election. In the 1919 by-election, he was elected as Member of Parliament, holding the seat until his death at age 59. He served as a

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, in the short-lived Labour government of 1924. He was awarded the MBE in 1918.

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* 1867 births 1926 deaths Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Order of the British Empire Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 Scottish miners Scottish trade unionists {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub