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Andrew Gilzean (3 December 1877 – 6 July 1957) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Central from 1945 to 1951. Initially a member of the Independent Labour Party, Gilzean joined the Scottish Socialist Party split in 1932, and was elected as its vice-chair.〔The National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, ''Gleanings and Memoranda'' (1932), p.500〕 This organisation affiliated to the Labour Party, for which he unsuccessfully contested Edinburgh Central at the 1935 general election, winning 41% of the votes. He won the seat in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election with majority of 4,220 votes, becoming at age 67 the 7th-oldest 7th-oldest person elected to the Commons for the first time. His majority was slightly reduced to 2,937 at the 1950 general election,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge50/i08.htm )〕 and he stood down at the 1951 general election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i08.htm )〕 Andrew was married to Annie Thomson (1877-1965). Both were cremated at Warriston Crematorium and a plaque to their memory exists in the southern arcade. == References == * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Gilzean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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