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Sir James Puckering Gibson, 1st Baronet (14 August 1849 – 11 January 1912), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1906-9 and Liberal MP for Edinburgh East from 1909 to 1912. BackgroundHe was a son of Thomas Gibson, JP. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution and Edinburgh University. He married, in 1874, Miss Potter of Barton Park, Derby. They had no children. He was created a Baronet in 1909.[1][2] From 1880 until his death he lived at 33 Regent Terrace.[3] Professional careerHe was a Member of the Edinburgh Merchant Company and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce. Political careerLord Provost, Edinburgh, 1906–09. He was the successful Liberal candidate for the Edinburgh East Division at the Edinburgh East by-election, 1909. He sat until his death in 1912 aged 62.[4] He is buried on the north side of the main east-west path in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh under a large pale grey granite obelisk. Election results{{Election box begin | title=Edinburgh East by-election, 1909[5]Electorate 11,710}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =James Puckering Gibson |votes = 4,527 |percentage =52.7 |change =-20.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Unionist Party |candidate = Patrick Johnstone Ford |votes =4,069 |percentage =47.3 |change =+20.4 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = |percentage =5.4 |change =-40.8 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage =73.4 |change =-4.7 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing =-20.4 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election January 1910: Edinburgh East[6] Electorate 12,544}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Sir James Puckering Gibson |votes = 6,760 |percentage =61.3 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Unionist Party |candidate = Patrick Johnstone Ford |votes = 4,273 |percentage =38.7 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes =2,487 |percentage =22.6 |change =+17.2 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage =88.0 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = }}{{election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election December 1910: Edinburgh East[7] Electorate 12,620}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Sir James Puckering Gibson |votes = 6,436 |percentage =63.0 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = R.M. Cameron |votes = 3,782 |percentage =37.0 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,654 |percentage = 26.0 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 81.0 |change = -7.0 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = }}{{election box end}} References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=28312 |date=26 November 1909 |page=8934}} 2. ^‘GIBSON, Sir James Puckering’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 27 Jan 2014 3. ^Mitchell , Anne (1993), “The People of Calton Hill”, Mercat Press, James Thin, Edinburgh, {{ISBN|1-873644-18-3}}. 4. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S. 5. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 6. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S. 7. ^British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S. External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East | years = 1909 – 1912 }}{{s-aft | after = James Myles Hogge }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, James}} 11 : 1849 births|1912 deaths|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies|Scottish Liberal Party MPs|UK MPs 1906–10|UK MPs 1910|UK MPs 1910–18|Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|People educated at Stewart's Melville College|Lord Provosts of Edinburgh |
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