Robert MacDonald (1875 – 18 January 1949) was

Unionist Party (Scotland) The Unionist Party was the main centre-right political party in Scotland between 1912 and 1965. Independent of, although associated with, the Conservative Party in England and Wales, it stood for election at different periods of its history ...

MP for Glasgow Cathcart from 1923 to 1929. MacDonald was born in 1875 in Glasgow to William MacDonald, an engineer. MacDonald was a piano manufacturer. He was a Conservative, sitting on Glasgow City Council from 1914 to 1923, and was a justice of peace for the city. He first stood for Parliament in Cathcart in 1922, was elected in 1923 and 1924, and retired in May 1929. He had declined to seek reselection on grounds of ill-health.

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* Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 1875 births 1949 deaths Councillors in Glasgow 20th-century Scottish businesspeople {{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub