Ian McColl (journalist)
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Ian McColl CBE (22 February 1915 – 21 June 2005), was a Scottish journalist, editor and Liberal Party politician.
He was the eldest son of John McColl and Sarah Isabella (aka Morag) McPherson, of Glasgow and Bunessan, Isle of Mull. He was educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow. He married, in 1968, Brenda McKean. They had one daughter. He served during the war, with the Royal Air Force, 1940–46 (despatches, 1945). He was with Air Crew, Coastal Command 202 Squadron.[1][2]
Political career
In 1931 he joined the Liberal Party at the age of 16. In 1933 he was elected to the executive of the Scottish Liberal Federation. In 1938 he became Honorary Secretary of the Scottish Liberal Federation.[3] McColl twice stood as a Liberal party candidate for the United Kingdom Parliament; in the 1945 General Election at Dumfriesshire finishing third
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson | 16,465 | 47.4 | ||
| Labour | D Dunwoodie | 12,388 | 35.7 | ||
| Liberal | Fl-Off. Ian McColl | 5,850 | 16.9 | ||
| Majority | 4,077 | 11.7 | |||
| Turnout | 72.3 | ||||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
and at the 1950 General Election at Greenock coming second.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hector McNeil | 20,548 | 50.6 | ||
| Liberal | Ian McColl | 11,638 | 28.7 | ||
| Independent Labour | J. S. Thomson | 6,458 | 15.9 | ||
| Communist | John Ross Campbell | 1,228 | 3.0 | ||
| Irish Anti-Partitionist | O. Brown | 718 | 1.8 | ||
| Majority | 8,910 | 21.9 | |||
| Turnout | 83.2 | ||||
| Labour win | |||||