| 词条 | John Stuart Mowat |
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John Stuart Mowat (30 January 1923 – 31 October 2001), was a Scottish Sheriff and Liberal Party politician. BackgroundHe was the son of George Mowat and Annie Barlow. He was educated at Glasgow High School, Belmont House School, Merchiston Castle School and Glasgow University where he received a Master of Arts.[1] In 1956 he married Anne Cameron Renfrew. They had two sons and two daughters.[2] Early careerFrom 1941-46 he served in the Royal Air Force Transport Command. In 1944 he was promoted to Flight lieutenant. In 1947 he took up journalism. He was a sub-editor on a Scottish national daily and Sunday newspaper.[3] He qualified as a barrister and in 1952 he became an Advocate, practising in Edinburgh.[3] Political careerHe joined the Liberal Party and in 1953 was elected to the Scottish Liberal Party executive.[3] He was Liberal candidate for the Caithness and Sutherland division at the 1955 General Election. The constituency had been represented by the former Liberal Party Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair until 1945. Mowat was given the challenge of winning it back. His task was made difficult due to the fact that at the 1951 General Election, the Liberals had slipped to third. In a difficult year for the Liberals, he was unable to make any headway; {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1955: Caithness and Sutherland}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party = Unionist Party (Scotland) |candidate = Sir David Robertson |votes = 10,453 |percentage = 56.5 |change = +7.2 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Hugh F Sutherland |votes = 5,364 |percentage = 29.0 |change = -5.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Scottish Liberal Party |candidate = John Stuart Mowat |votes = 2,674 |percentage = 14.5 |change = -2.1 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,089 |percentage = 27.5 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 18,491 |percentage = 69.5 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (Scotland) |swing = +6.1 }}{{Election box end}} He did not stand for parliament again[4] and devoted the rest of his career to his legal work. Senior legal careerIn 1962 he was appointed a Sheriff in Dunfermline.[1] In 1988 he was elected as president of the Sheriffs' Association.[1] He became a Scottish Queen's Counsel. He was Sheriff Principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway from 1988–93.[2] He presided over the fatal accident inquiry that reported in 1991, following the Lockerbie bombing.[5] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12726132.Sheriff_who_presided_over_Lockerbie_inquiry_to_retire/ |title=Sheriff who presided over Lockerbie inquiry to retire |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 July 1993 |accessdate=12 March 2016}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mowat, John Stuart}}2. ^1 ‘MOWAT, John Stuart’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 Oct 2014 3. ^1 2 The Times House of Commons, 1955 4. ^British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S. 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/23/world/british-study-faults-pan-am-on-bombing-over-lockerbie.html |title=British Study Faults Pan Am On Bombing Over Lockerbie |first=Craig R. |last=Whitney |work=The New York Times |date=23 March 1991 |accessdate=12 March 2016}} 7 : 1923 births|2001 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) politicians|People educated at the High School of Glasgow|People educated at Merchiston Castle School|Alumni of the University of Glasgow|Scottish sheriffs |
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