Alexander Sloan (11 November 1879 – 16 November 1945), known as Sandy or Sanny Sloan, was Labour MP for South Ayrshire, in Scotland.
Sloan worked as a coal miner in Ayrshire, and joined the Ayrshire Miners' Union. The union was affiliated to the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers, and Sloan served as general secretary of both organisations. In addition, he served as a Labour Party member of Ayrshire County Council for many years.[1]
Sloan was elected to Parliament in the 1939 South Ayrshire by-election, and served until his death, in 1945.[1]
One of his brothers - one of four who died in the First World War - was the footballer Donald Sloan. His great-great-granddaughter, Katy Clark, was the Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015.
References
- Sanny Sloan, The Miners' MP (2015, revised 2018) - biography by his great-granddaughter, Esther Davies
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alexander Sloan
| Trade union offices | ||
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| Preceded by James Brown | Secretary of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers 1936–1940 | Succeeded by James Cook |
| Preceded by James Brown | Secretary of the Ayrshire Miners' Union 1939–1944? | Succeeded by Dan Sim? |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by James Brown | Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire 1939–1946 | Succeeded by Emrys Hughes |