Thomas Scollan (1883 – 28 October 1974) was a Scottish

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ist and Labour Party politician. Scollan was an engineer, and an organiser for the

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. He was President of the

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in 1934. He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Western Renfrewshire, defeating the sitting Unionist MP Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn. Scollan served only one term in Parliament, losing his seat at the 1950 general election to the

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candidate John Scott Maclay. Scollan died on 28 October 1974, at the age of 91.

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* 1883 births 1974 deaths Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1945–1950 Scottish trade unionists {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub