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James Hutchison Hoy, Baron Hoy PC (21 January 1909 – 7 August 1976) was a Scottish Labour politician and life peer.

Educated at Causewayside and Sciennes Public Schools, Edinburgh, he initially worked as an interior decorator. He was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Leith at the 1945 general election, holding the seat until 1970. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland from 1947–1950, and was joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1964-1970. He was appointed Vice-President of the Trustee Savings Bank Association in 1957.

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1969. On his retirement from the House of Commons in 1970, he was created a life peer as Baron Hoy, of Leith in the County of the City of Edinburgh.

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Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

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Preceded by Ernest Brown	Member of Parliament for Leith 1945 – 1950	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Leith 1950 – 1970	Succeeded by Ronald King Murray

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 '''James Hutchison Hoy, Baron Hoy''' [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (21 January 1909 – 7 August 1976) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician and life peer.
 Educated at Causewayside and Sciennes Public Schools, Edinburgh, he initially worked as an interior decorator.  He was elected as Labour [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Leith]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1945|1945 general election]], holding the seat until 1970. He served as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] from 1947–1950, and was joint [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]] from 1964-1970. He was appointed Vice-President of the [[Trustee Savings Bank]] Association in 1957.

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