William Templeton (British politician)

William Paterson Templeton (8 November 1876 – 4 July 1938) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.

A native of Camlachie, Glasgow, Templeton was a wood turner by trade. Before entering Parliament, Templeton was a speaker for the Tariff Reform League and the first organising secretary of Unionist Workers' League.

He contested Ross and Cromarty in 1911 and sat as Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1924 until 1929. He was unsuccessful in Glasgow Shettleston at a 1930 by-election, and sat for Coatbridge from 1931 until 1935.

In 1934, he, alongside Captain Herbert Moss MP and a former Glasgow town councillor, were convicted of contravening the Lotteries Act in connection to the Modern School of Art Union Cesarewitch draw.

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Who Was Who

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Paterson Templeton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Barrie	Member of Parliament for Banffshire 1924–1929	Succeeded by Murdoch McKenzie Wood
Preceded by James C. Welsh	Member of Parliament for Coatbridge 1931–1935	Succeeded by James Barr

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