Thomas Scollan

Thomas Scollan (1884[1] – 28 October 1974[2]) was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician.

Scollan was an engineer, and an organiser for the National Union of Distributive Workers.[2] He was President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress in 1934.[2]

He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Western Renfrewshire,[3] defeating the sitting Unionist MP Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn. Scollan served only one term in Parliament, losing his seat at the 1950 general election to the National Liberal candidate John Scott Maclay.[4]

He died on 28 October 1974.[5]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  2. Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 328. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
  3. "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4296.
  4. "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  5. "Mr Thomas Scollan". The Glasgow Herald. 29 October 1974. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn		 Member of Parliament for Western Renfrewshire
1945 – 1950		 Succeeded by
John Scott Maclay


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