Thomas McLellan McMillan (12 February 1919 – 30 April 1980) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician.

McMillan was a wood machinist at Cowlairs

Cowlairs

Cowlairs is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, part of the wider Springburn district of the city. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Cowlairs F.C. represented the area...

 railway workshops. He was a councillor on Glasgow City Council from 1962 and of the city's Housing and Health Licensing Court.

McMillan was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Glasgow Central

Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1966 until he died in office at the age of 61 in 1980. The subsequent by-election

By-election

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 was won by Robert McTaggart

Robert McTaggart

Robert McTaggart, known as Bob McTaggart was a Scottish shipbuilder and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central, representing the Labour Party. McTaggart was on the left of his party, and took up issues of unemployment and poor housing which affected his constituency...

(who himself also died in office in 1989).