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Line 1: {{Short description\|British Labour politician}} {{Other people\|Thomas Kennedy}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2016}} {{Use British English\|date=December 2016}} [[File:Tom Kennedy.jpg\|thumb\|Kennedy in 1921]] '''Thomas Kennedy''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|PC}} (25 December 1874 – 3 March 1954) was a ~~Scottish~~British [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] politician. ==Biography== Line 10 ⟶ 11: His first wife, Christian Farquharson, whom he married in 1905, was also a socialist, having attended the International Socialist Congress in Paris in 1900. She died in 1917 and he subsequently remarried. He was Labour [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)\|Kirkcaldy Burghs]] from ~~1921–1922~~1921 to 1922, from ~~1923–1931~~1923 to 1931 and from ~~1935–1944~~1935 to 1944 and also unsuccessfully fought the [[1932 Montrose Burghs by-election]]. He was Scottish Labour Whip in 1921–1922 and from ~~1923–1925~~1923 to 1925. He served in Government as a [[Lord of the Treasury\|Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] in 1924, in opposition as Deputy Chief Whip (1925–1927) and Chief Whip of the Labour Party (1927–1931) and again in Government as [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury]] from ~~1929–1931~~1929 to 1931. He was appointed a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom\|Privy Counsellor]] in the [[1931 New Year Honours]]. Line 26 ⟶ 27: {{s-par\|uk}} {{succession box \| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)\|Kirkcaldy Burghs]] \| years = [[1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election\|1921]] – [[1922 United Kingdom general election\|1922]] \| before = [[Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy\|James Dalziel]] Line 32 ⟶ 33: }} {{succession box \| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)\|Kirkcaldy Burghs]] \| years = [[1923 United Kingdom general election\|1923]] – [[1931 United Kingdom general election\|1931]] \| before = [[Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose\|Robert Hutchison]] Line 38 ⟶ 39: }} {{succession box \| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)\|Kirkcaldy Burghs]] \| years = [[1935 United Kingdom general election\|1935]] – [[1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election\|1944]] \| before = [[Albert Russell, Lord Russell\|Albert Russell]] Line 52 ⟶ 53: [[Category:1874 births]] [[Category:1954 deaths]] [[Category:People from ~~Aberdeenshire~~Kennethmont]] [[Category:British Socialist Party members]] [[Category:Social Democratic Federation members]] [[Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies]] [[Category:Scottish Labour ~~Party~~ MPs]] [[Category:UK MPs 1918–1922]] [[Category:UK MPs 1923–1924]]