Galloway Weir

James Galloway Weir (6 July 1839 – 18 May 1911)[1][2] was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party politician.[3][4][5]

James Galloway Weir

Biography

Born in Scotland, he was the son of a builder, James Ross Weir. He was a pupil at Dollar Academy before moving with his family to London as a young man. He worked as a travelling salesman for a haberdashery company before he went into business on his own account in 1863 importing sewing machines.[1] He retired from business in about 1879/80 to pursue politics full-time.[1] Weir's brother, John Weir became the secretary of the Fife and Kinross Miners' Association.[6]

He unsuccessfully contested the Falkirk Burghs constituency in 1885, when he got a derisory vote. He was elected for Ross and Cromarty as one of five Crofters' Party MPs in 1892, transferring his allegiance to the mainstream Liberal Party in 1895.[7] He held the seat until his death.

He was also elected to the London County Council in 1892 to represent Islington East as a member of the majority Liberal-backed Progressive Party.[8]

He died at his home in Frognal, Hampstead in 1911 aged 71, and was buried at Marylebone Cemetery.[1]

General election 1892: Ross and Cromarty Shire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Galloway Weir 3,171
Liberal Unionist N. McLean 2,413
General election 1895: Ross and Cromarty Shire[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Galloway Weir 3,272
Conservative Randle Jackson 2,413
General election 1900: Ross and Cromarty Shire[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Galloway Weir 3,554
Liberal Unionist I.D. Fletcher 1,651
General election 1906: Ross and Cromarty Shire[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Galloway Weir 3,883
Conservative J.C. Watt KC 1,773
General election Jan 1910: Ross and Cromarty Shire[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Galloway Weir 4,430
Liberal Unionist Neil Maclean 1,418
General election Dec 1910: Ross and Cromarty Shire[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Galloway Weir unopposed

References
  1. Askaroff, Alex I. "James Galloway Weir, sewing manufacturer to her majesty The Queen, incorporating Chas. Raymond Sewing Machines". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  3. "More on Weir". International Sewing Machine Collectors Society. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. "WEIR, James Galloway". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  5. "Obituary: Mr. Galloway Weir". The Times. 19 May 1911. p. 11.
  6. "Election intelligence", Manchester Guardian, 20 June 1889
  7. Drummond, Andrew (2020), A Quite Impossible Proposal: How Not to Build a Railway, Birlinn, p. 204,
  8. The London County Council Election, The Times, 7 March 1892, p. 10
  9. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  10. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  11. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  12. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916


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