James Yeaman

A portrait of James Yeaman (1876)

James Yeaman (1816 – 11 April 1886) was a Scottish businessman and Scottish Liberal Party, and briefly Conservative, politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1873 to 1880 for as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee.[1]

He was elected at a by-election in August 1873, and re-elected in 1874. However, at the 1880 general election he stood as a Conservative, and was defeated.[2]

A successful fish curer, Yeaman was the Lord Provost of Dundee from 1869 to 1872.

References

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 538. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dundee
18731880
With: Sir John Ogilvy, Bt 1873–1874
Edward Jenkins 1874–1880
Succeeded by