Thursday, 26 April 2018
1895 John Sturrock
Constituency : Montrose Burghs 1918-24
John was selected for Montrose Burghs after Robert Harcourt stood down and is assumed to have received the coupon. He had an easy victory over Labour.
John was the grandson of former Dundee MP John Leng. He was educated at Dundee High School and University College, Dundee. John went into the family newspaper business and became a journalist. He later went into publishing. He helped Churchill's campaign in Dundee in December 1910.
John saw the Coalition as expressing in durable form the traditional Liberal ethos of free enterprise and class harmony. From 1920 to 1922 he acted as Secretary to the Coalition Liberal group. He supported Scottish home rule.
John held off Labour in straight contests in 1922 and 1923 despite being seriously ill during the 1922 campaign.
In 1924, John decided to leave Montrose Boroughs and stand in Tottenham North as a Constitutionalist. This was despite his earlier support for allowing Labour to form a government. He was narrowly defeated by Labour.
He died in 1943 aged 65.
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