Friday, 8 December 2017
1757 Andrew Anderson
Constituency : North Ayrshire 1910-11
Andrew helped to reduce Liberal Unionist representation in Scotland by unseating Thomas Cochrane at North Ayrshire.
Andrew was educated at Dundee High School and Edinburgh University. He became a Scottish barrister. He published The Criminal Law of Scotland in 1904. He stood against Cochrane in 1906 but a Scottish Workers candidate split the vote.
Andrew slightly increased his majority in December 1910. Andrew was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1911 and had to fight a by-election. Andrew was defeated by the Conservatives exploiting uncertainties about the implications of national insurance for small manufacturers and shopkeepers.
Andrew continued as Solicitor-General for Scotland until 1913 when he became a Senator of the College of Justice as Lord Anderson. He was Chairman of the Scottish Committee on Aliens between 1917 and 1918.
Andrew enjoyed curling , fishing and football.
Andrew did not retire and died of bronchial pneumonia in 1936 aged 73.
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