Robert MacDonald (British politician)

Robert MacDonald (1875 – 18 January 1949)^[1] was Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Glasgow Cathcart from 1923 to 1929.^[2]

MacDonald was born in 1875 in Glasgow to William MacDonald, an engineer.^[3] MacDonald was a piano manufacturer. He was a Conservative, sitting on Glasgow City Council from 1914 to 1923, and was a justice of peace for the city. He first stood for Parliament in Cathcart in 1922, was elected in 1923 and 1924, and retired in May 1929.^[3] He had declined to seek reselection on grounds of ill-health.