Sir John Wallace was a Scottish

Scotland

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 Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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 and National Liberal Party

National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

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 politician.

He was elected at the 1918 general election

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 as Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Dunfermline Burghs

Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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. However, when sought re-election as a National Liberal

National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)

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 at the 1922 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1922

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, he lost the seat by only 201 votes to the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 candidate William Watson

William McLean Watson

William McLean Watson was Labour MP for Dunfermline Burghs from 1922 to 1950, except that he lost his seat in the National Government landslide of 1931, but won it back in 1935....

.

Wallace stood again at the 1923 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1923

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, this time as a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

, but Watson increased his majority. He did not stand in the 1924

United Kingdom general election, 1924

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 or in 1929 elections

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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, but contested the seat again at the 1931 general election

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, this time as a Liberal National

National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

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. He won the seat with a comfortable majority of 4,616 votes, and held it until his defeat at the 1935 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1935

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. He did not stand for Parliament

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 again.

He was knighted in the New Year Honours list 1935, for "political and public services". His son, Ian Wallace

Ian Wallace (singer)

Ian Bryce Wallace OBE was a British bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction....

, achieved fame as an opera

Opera

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and concert singer and broadcaster.