Adam Storey McKinlay was a Scottish Labour Party

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 politician. He was a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) from 1929 to 1931, and from 1941 to 1950.

At the 1929 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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, Mckinlay was elected as MP for Glasgow Partick

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. He was defeated in 1931

United Kingdom general election, 1931

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 and was unsuccessful when he stood again in 1935

United Kingdom general election, 1935

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. He returned to the House of Commons

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 when he won a by-election in on 27 February 1941 for the Dunbartonshire constituency

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. He was re-elected in 1945

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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 and when that constituency was abolished at the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

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, he was returned for the new West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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constituency, holding that seat until his death one month later, aged 63.

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