Allan Chapman was a Scottish Unionist Party politician. He was elected at the 1935 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1935

The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...

 as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the Rutherglen  constituency in Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire

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. He held the seat during the war years

World War II

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, but at the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...

 he was defeated by the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 candidate Gilbert McAllister

Gilbert McAllister

Gilbert McAllister was a British Labour Party politician. He unsuccessfully contested the North Lanarkshire constituency in 1935, and was came a poor second at the Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1937....

.

In the war-time coalition government, he was Assistant Postmaster-General

Assistant Postmaster-General

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 from March 1941 to March 1942, and then Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

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 until the coalition government was dissolved in May 1945. In the subsequent caretaker government

Caretaker Government 1945

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 he then shared the post with Thomas Dunlop Galbraith

Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde

Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde PC was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.He studied at Glasgow Academy; Eastmans, Southsea; Royal Naval College Osborne and Royal Naval College Dartmouth...

 until the new Labour Government

Labour Government 1945-1951

The Labour Party came to power in the United Kingdom after their unexpected victory in the July 1945 general elections. Party leader Clement Attlee became Prime Minister and hastily replaced his predecessor Winston Churchill at the Potsdam Conference in late July. Ernest Bevin was Foreign Secretary...

took office at the end of July.