Davidson was born in Inverness, the son of a tailor, and moved to Glasgow at a young age. He served in the First World War as an infantryman in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, enlisting underage and reaching the rank of corporal.[2]
Following the war, he worked for a Glasgow newspaper as a stereotyper in the printing industry, and became active in left-wing politics. He joined the committee of the Glasgow Independent Labour Party, and then in 1933 becoming chair of the Glasgow Labour Party. He was then elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Maryhill at the 1935 UK general election.[2] From 1940 to 1942 he served as the parliamentary private secretary to Joseph Westwood, the under-secretary of state for Scotland.[3] He stood down in 1945, and appears to have left Glasgow.
He died aged 77 in Rochford Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, on 9 January 1976.[1]
^ abStenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1979). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. III. Brighton: Harvester Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN0855273259.
john, james, davidson, december, 1898, inverness, january, 1976, leigh, scottish, labour, politician, davidson, born, inverness, tailor, moved, glasgow, young, served, first, world, infantryman, royal, scots, fusiliers, enlisting, underage, reaching, rank, cor. John James Davidson 13 December 1898 Inverness 9 January 1976 Leigh on Sea 1 was a Scottish Labour politician Davidson was born in Inverness the son of a tailor and moved to Glasgow at a young age He served in the First World War as an infantryman in the Royal Scots Fusiliers enlisting underage and reaching the rank of corporal 2 Following the war he worked for a Glasgow newspaper as a stereotyper in the printing industry and became active in left wing politics He joined the committee of the Glasgow Independent Labour Party and then in 1933 becoming chair of the Glasgow Labour Party He was then elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Glasgow Maryhill at the 1935 UK general election 2 From 1940 to 1942 he served as the parliamentary private secretary to Joseph Westwood the under secretary of state for Scotland 3 He stood down in 1945 and appears to have left Glasgow He died aged 77 in Rochford Hospital Southend on Sea on 9 January 1976 1 References Edit a b Dates taken from death certificate a b Stenton Michael Lees Stephen 1979 Who s Who of British Members of Parliament Vol III Brighton Harvester Press pp 88 89 ISBN 0855273259 Aberdeen Weekly Journal 8 October 1942External links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by John James DavidsonParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byDouglas Jamieson Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill1935 1945 Succeeded byWilliam Hannan nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing a Scottish constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John James Davidson amp oldid 1111432170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
