UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 19 January 1890

Died: 3 June 1970

Knighted - 1945

son of John Robertson

Woodside School, Glasgow

Allan Glen's School, Glasgow

Glasgow University

Accountant

7 December 1939	Streatham	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed
5 July 1945	Streatham	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,462	52.23
23 February 1950	Caithness & Sutherland	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,969	35.86
25 October 1951	Caithness & Sutherland	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,814	49.29
26 May 1955	Caithness & Sutherland	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,453	56.53
January 1959 Sir David Robertson resigns the Conservative whip.
8 October 1959	Caithness & Sutherland	Independent Conservative	12,163	65.39