Lauchlan MacNeill Weir (1877–18 August 1939) was a Scottish Labour politician. He was the son of Robert Weir and was educated at the

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...

. He worked as a journalist and first stood for parliament in

Argyllshire Argyll (; archaically Argyle; , ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. The county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975 and most of the area now forms part of ...

in 1918, but was easily beaten by the Coalition Liberal. He was elected MP for

Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the firs ...

in the general election of 1922, lost his seat in the National Government landslide of 1931, but won it back in 1935, holding on to it until his death in 1939. MacNeill Weir was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the first Labour Prime Minister

Ramsay MacDonald James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The first two of his governments belonged to the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, where he led ...

from 1924 until 1931 and wrote a controversial book entitled ''The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald: A Political Biography'' published in 1938. He married Margaret Gillison in 1913. There were no children. He died on 18 August 1939.

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serving alongside Robert Morrison 1877 births 1939 deaths Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Parliamentary private secretaries to the prime minister UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1935–1945 Alumni of the University of Glasgow {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub