Tuesday, 30 June 2015

902 Robert Mackie



Constituency : Wakefield  1880-85

Robert  recaptured  Wakefield  for  the  Liberals.

Robert  was  a  corn  merchant. He  was  educated  at  Wesley  College, Sheffield. He  stood  unsuccessfully  in  1874.

Robert's  only   speech  in  parliament  was  a  brief  comment  on  the  new  boundaries  in  1885.

Robert  was  re-elected  in  1885  but  died  shortly  afterwards  aged  64.

No comments:

Post a Comment