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{{Short description|British politician (1874–1928)}}
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'''Alexander MacCallum Scott''' (1874–1928) was Liberal MP for [[Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)]].▼
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'''Alexander MacCallum Scott''' (1874–1928) was Liberal MP for [[Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Bridgeton]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott, Alexander MacCallum (1874–1928), politician and author|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/72181|accessdate=16 September 2013}}</ref>
He was president of [[Glasgow University Union]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott, Alexander MacCallum (1874–1928), politician and author|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/72181|accessdate=16 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MacCallum Scott Papers|url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/specialcollections/collectionsa-z/maccallumscottpapers/|accessdate=16 September 2013}}</ref> worked briefly served as private secretary to [[Winston Churchill]],<ref>''The Downfall of the Liberal Party'' by Trevor Wilson</ref> and was the first biographer of Churchill (works published 1905 and 1916).
He won Glasgow Bridgeton in December 1910, and held it as a supporter of [[Lloyd George]]'s coalition in 1918, but lost it in 1922. During the 1924 General Election, he sent a message of support to all Scottish Labour candidates not opposed by Liberals. He criticised the Liberal Leader, [[H.H. Asquith]], for entering into "a compact with the Tories to facilitate a Tory Majority".<ref>Glasgow Herald 24-10-1924</ref> He resigned from the Liberal Party in late 1924. He joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 1927,<ref>The Downfall of the Liberal Party by Trevor Wilson</ref> which adopted him as a [[Prospective Parliamentary Candidate]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary: A. MacCallum Scott |journal=Annual Report of the Independent Labour Party |date=1929 |page=27}}</ref>
He died in the crash of an aeroplane flying between [[Victoria, British Columbia]], and [[Seattle]].
His son, John Hutchison MacCallum Scott was active in the Liberal Party and contested the 1945 General Election at [[Leeds North (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North]] and later became involved with [[Liberal International]].
==Works==
* ''Winston Spencer Churchill'' (Newnes, 1905)
* ''The Truth About Tibet'' (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1905)
* ''National Education. The Secular Solution, the Only Way'' (Morning Leader, 1906)
* ''Through Finland to St. Petersburg'' (Grant Richards, 1908)
* ''Equal Pay for Equal Work. A Woman Suffrage Fallacy'' (National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage, 1912)
* ''The Physical Force Argument against Woman Suffrage'' (National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage, 1912)
* ''Winston Churchill in Peace and War'' (Newnes, 1916)
* ''Bits of Chelsea'' (Macrea Gallery, 1921) illus. by [[Thomas Austen Brown]]
* ''Barbary: The Romance of the Nearest East'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1921)
* ''Clydesdale'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1924)
* ''Beyond the Baltic'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1925)
* ''Suomi: The Land of the Finns'' (Thornton Butterworth, 1926)
* ''From Liberalism to Labour'' (Deveron Press, 1927)
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-alexander-scott | Alexander MacCallum Scott }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040506220009/http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/maccallum.html
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