James Hill
Member of Parliament
for Midlothian
In office
8 October 1959 – 10 March 1966
Preceded byDavid Johnstone Pryde
Succeeded byAlexander Eadie
ConstituencyMidlothian
Personal details
Born
James Meechan Hill

(1899-09-02)2 September 1899
Bellshill
Died22 December 1966(1966-12-22) (aged 67)
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Political partyLabour
Parent(s)James Hill and Janet Meechan Hill
OccupationMiner

James Meechan Hill MP (2 September 1899 – 22 December 1966) was a Scottish Labour Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1959 to 1966. His successor was Alexander Eadie.[1]

Hill was born and educated in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, the son of coal miner James Hill and Janet Meechan Hill. Also a miner by profession, Hill was elected to the Musselburgh Town Council in 1945, and to the Midlothian County Council in 1946. He was elected as a Labour candidate in the 1959 and re-elected in 1964.[1]

Hill suffered heart problems in his second term, however, being hospitalised repeatedly.[2] He was unable to contest the 1966 general election. He died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in December 1966.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mr. James Hill – Former MP for Midlothian". The Times. 23 December 1966. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "Invalids". The Times. 20 January 1966. p. 12.


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