James Yeaman
Scottish Liberal Party politician (1816-1886)
James Yeaman was (1816 – 11 April 1886) was a Scottish businessman and Scottish Liberal Party, and briefly Conservative, politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1873 to 1880 for as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee.[1]
He was elected at a by-election in August 1873, and re-elected in 1874. However, at the 1880 general election he stood as a Conservative, and was defeated.[2]
A successful fish curer, Yeaman was sometime Lord Provost of Dundee.
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 538. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Yeaman
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Dundee 1873 – 1880 With: Sir John Ogilvy, Bt 1873–1874 Edward Jenkins 1874–1880 | Succeeded by George Armitstead Frank Henderson |
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