From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willie Hamilton
Willie Hamilton
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for West Fife Constituency abolished
Willie Gallacher 1950–February 1974
New constituency Member of Parliament for Central Fife Succeeded by
February 1974–1987 Henry McLeish
William Winter "Willie" Hamilton (26 June 1917 – 26 Jan-
uary 2000) was a British politician who served as a Labour
Death
Member of Parliament for constituencies in Fife, Scot- Hamilton retired to Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire, and
land between 1950 and 1987. He was known for his strong died in Lincoln in 2000, aged 82.
republican views.
References
Background [1] George Hume, journalist (2000-01-27). "UK |
Born in Houghton-le-Spring, the son of a County Durham Scotland | Tributes paid to veteran anti-royalist".
miner, Hamilton joined the Labour Party as a teenager BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/
in 1936, and became a schoolteacher. After initially being scotland/620037.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
a conscientious objector in World War II, he served as a [2] "My Queen and I", Quartet Books, 1975
captain with the Pioneer Corps in the Middle East. [3] "Biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother -
with a Scottish Flavour". Rampantscotland.com.
2009-11-08. http://www.rampantscotland.com/
Parliamentary career famous/blfamelizabeth3.htm. Retrieved
Hamilton contested West Fife at the 1945 general elec- 2011-01-10.
tion, but lost to Communist Willie Gallacher.
In 1950 he successfully overturned that result, win-
ning by over 13,000 votes. In 1974, after boundary
External links
changes, he became MP for Fife Central. • BBC reports of death of William Winter "Willie"
Hamilton
Anti-royal views Persondata
Name Hamilton, Willie
He sponsored the equal pay for equal work bill[1] in the
1970s but is best remembered for his stridently anti-roy- Alternative Hamilton, William Winter
alist views, which he set out in detail in his book "My names
Queen and I"[2]. He branded the Queen "a clockwork Short de- British Labour politician
doll", Princess Margaret "a floozy", and Prince Charles "a scription
twerp". However he admired the Queen Mother declar- Date of birth 26 June 1917
ing on her 80th birthday: "I am glad to salute a remark-
Place of birth Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham,
able old lady. May she live to be the pride of the family."
[3] England, UK
Date of death 26 January 2000 (aged 82)
Later life Place of
death
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
In 1987 Hamilton was replaced as Labour candidate in
Fife Central by Henry McLeish, and stood in the ultra-safe
Conservative seat of South Hams in Devon, South-West
England, where he came third, polling just 8% of the vote.
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