Monday, 19 November 2018
2094 James Scott
Constituency : Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West 1929-31
James took Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West back from the Tories by 668 votes in a straight fight.
James was the son of a railway official. He was educated at Forres Academy and the University of London. He was a solicitor. He held a number of public appointments in Scotland. In 1922 he contested Moray and Nairn against the National Liberal Thomas Guthrie and ran him close.In 1923 he contested Renfrewshire West and came a poor third. in 1924 he contested Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West coming fairly close.
James was briefly PPS to Archibald Sinclair in the National Government in 1931. The local Tories were not prepared to yield to James in such a marginal seat, particularly as he was an ardent Free Trader and decisively defeated him in a straight fight.
In 1934 James was selected to fight Perth at the next election but when a by-election occurred first, the local Liberal Association picked a Simonite candidate Francis Norrie-Millar in deference to the Tories, a decision criticised by the Liberal whip Robert Hamilton. James decided not to enter the contest.
In 1936 James was approached to stand at the Combined Scottish Universities by-election against Ramsay MacDonald. He was interested but eventually decided the cause was hopeless and pulled out.
James published some papers on land taxation.
He died in 1939 aged 63.
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