| 词条 | Andrew Mitchell Torrance |
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Andrew Mitchell Torrance (1845 – 4 February 1909)[1][2] was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. BackgroundHe was born in Old Cumnock, East Ayrshire in 1845. He was educated at Cumnock parish school. In 1861 he was apprenticed to Peter Kelso & Co., muslin manufacturers of Glasgow. In 1863, moving to London, he worked for Smith, Anderson & Co. In 1875, he became a partner and the firm changed its name to Miller, Son, & Torrance.[3] He was given a knighthood in 1906.[1] Municipal careerHe was elected to the London County Council as a Liberal backed Progressive Party member representing Islington East. He was re-elected on every occasion until standing down in 1907. He was Deputy Chairman of the London County Council in 1897-98 and again in 1900-01[4] and served as Chairman in 1901-02. He was also involved in Islington Borough municipal politics, being elected to the Council and serving as Mayor of Islington[3] from 1903-05. In June 1903, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London.[5] Parliamentary careerTorrance first stood for Parliament at the 1900 general election in Islington East (his London County Council seat), but lost by a wide margin to the sitting Conservative MP Benjamin Louis Cohen. {{Election box begin | title=1900 General Election: Islington, East}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Benjamin Louis Cohen |votes = 4,205 |percentage = 61.9 |change = 3.8 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Mitchell Torrance |votes = 2,586 |percentage = 38.1 |change = -3.8 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,619 |percentage = 23.8 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 10,395 |percentage = 65.3 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} At the next general election, in January 1906 he chose to contest a seat in his native Scotland and was elected as the MP for Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency), defeating the sitting Conservative MP John George Alexander Baird by a margin of 3.4%. {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1906: Glasgow Central [6]}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Mitchell Torrance |votes = 6,720 |percentage = 51.7 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = John George Alexander Baird |votes = 6,289 |percentage = 48.3 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = |percentage = 3.4 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }}{{election box end}} References1. ^1 Who's Who 2. ^{{rayment-hc|g|1|date=April 2015}} 3. ^1 Glasgow Digital Library 4. ^{{cite news |title=London County Council |work=The Times |page=3 |date=14 March 1900 }} 5. ^{{London Gazette | issue=27561 |page=3583 | date=5 June 1903}} 6. ^Whitaker's Almanack, 1907 External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central | years = 1906–1909 }}{{s-aft | after = Charles Dickson }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Torrance, Andrew Mitchell}}{{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub}} 10 : Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies|1845 births|1909 deaths|Deputy Lieutenants of the County of London|Members of London County Council|Progressive Party (London) politicians|Scottish Liberal Party MPs|UK MPs 1906–10|Members of Islington Metropolitan Borough Council|Mayors of places in Greater London |
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