Sir George Aitken Clark Hutchison (6 July 1873 – 22 December 1928) was a Unionist Party politician in Scotland

Scotland

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 who served as the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Midlothian and Peebles Northern

Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)

Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950...

 from 1922 to 1923, and from 1924 until his death.

He first stood for Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 at the December 1910 general election in Argyll, a marginal seat

Marginal seat

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 where he lost by 257 votes (3.0%).

He did not stand again until the 1922 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1922

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, when he held the Midlothian and Peebles Northern

Midlothian and Peebles Northern (UK Parliament constituency)

Midlothian and Peebles Northern was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950...

 seat after the sitting Unionist MP had retired. He was defeated at the 1923 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1923

-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...

 by the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 candidate Andrew Clarke, but won again at the 1924 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

- Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...

.

He was knight

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ed in the King's Birthday Honours in 1928, "for political and public services", and died on 22 December 1928, aged 55.

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