Malcolm Smith (British politician)
Scottish Liberal Party politician
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Sir Malcolm Smith (1 December 1856 – 12 March 1935)[1] was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.
Life
Smith was born and brought up in a crofting family in Hoswick, Shetland, but moved to the port of Leith as a young man. There he prospered as a businessman and became the Provost of Leith from 1908 to 1917,[2] shortly before the town was incorporated into the city of Edinburgh. During this period he lived at 47 Stirling Road in the Trinity district.[3] His duties during this period included presiding over the ceremony unveiling the Gretna Memorial in Rosebank Cemetery on 13 May 1916.[4]
He was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the island constituency of Orkney and Shetland in a by-election in May 1921, following the death of the sitting MP, Cathcart Wason.[5] Having stood in the by-election as a Coalition Liberal, supporting the coalition government led by David Lloyd George, he stood at the 1922 general election as a National Liberal, but was defeated by the Liberal party candidate Robert William Hamilton.[5]
He died in Leith and was buried in Warriston Cemetery to the south-east of the vaults.
A memorial to Smith and his wife also exists in the south aisle of South Leith Parish Church.
Family
He was married to Jane Tod Dickson (1860–1944).
