Malcolm Smith (Scottish politician)
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Sir Malcolm Smith (1 December 1856 – 12 March 1935) was a Scottish Liberal politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for the island constituency of Orkney and Shetland in a by-election in May 1921, following the death of the sitting MP, John Cathcart Wason.
Smith served in parliament until 1922.
Smith was born and brought up in a crofting family in Shetland but moved to the port of Leith as a young man. There he prospered as a businessman and became the Provost of Leith shortly before the town was incorporated into the city of Edinburgh.
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Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland 1921–1922 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert William Hamilton |
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