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Thomas Scollan
Thomas
Scollan
was a
Scottish
trade unionist
and
Labour Party
politician
.
Scollan was an
engineer
, and an
organiser
for the
National Union of Distributive Workers
. He was
President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
in
1934
.
He was
elected
at the
1945 general election
as the
Member of Parliament
for
Western Renfrewshire
, defeating the sitting
Unionist
MP
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn
. Scollan served only one term in
Parliament
,
losing
his seat at the
1950 general election
to the
National Liberal
candidate
John Scott Maclay
.
He died on
28 October
1974
.