Hugh Guthrie (Scottish politician)

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Hugh Boyd Guthrie (5 June 1879 – 26 February 1946) was a Scottish socialist politician.

Born in Kilmarnock, Guthrie was educated at the University of Glasgow.[1] He became a schoolteacher, and joined the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS). He also joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and gradually rose to prominence, serving as the Scottish member of its National Administrative Council, and also on the party's Scottish Divisional Council, and as chair of its Glasgow Federation.[2]

At the 1918 UK general election, Guthrie stood for the Labour Party in Glasgow Camlachie, taking 33.1% of the vote and second place. He next stood in the 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election, but took less than one-eight of the vote, and so lost his deposit.[3]

By 1929, Guthrie was headteacher of a school. He served for many years as the organising secretary of the Renfrewshire Association of the EIS, and in 1929 was the union's national president.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hugh Boyd Guthrie". The University of Glasgow Story. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ The Labour Who's Who. London: Labour Publishing Company. 1924. p. 69.
  3. ^ "Scottish Universities Representation" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 1 (3461): 853. 7 May 1927. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3461.853. S2CID 219997208. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Renfrewshire Local Association". The Scottish Educational Journal. 29: 178. 1946.
Party political offices
Preceded by
J. B. Houston
 Scottish Division representative on the Independent Labour Party National Administrative Council
1919–1920 		Succeeded by
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