1862 Samuel Galbraith

Constituency : Mid  Durham  1915-18, Spennymoor 1918-22

Samuel took over  at  Durham  from  the  deceased  John  Wilson.

Samuel  was born  in  Ireland. He  was  elected  to  Durham  County  Council  in  1888  and  became  an  alderman. He  worked  as  a  miner's  agent from 1900  and  was  sponsored  by  the  Durham  Miners' Association.

Samuel  received  the  coupon  but  did  not  want  it  and  had a  fairly  narrow  win  over  Labour  at  Spennymoor.

Samuel  stood  down  in  1922  having  suffered  a  stroke.

He  died  in  1936  aged  82.