James Hill (Labour politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish Labour politician
Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1899
Place of Birth: Bellshill, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 22-Dec-1966
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About James Hill (Labour politician)
- James Meechan Hill (2 September 1899 – 22 December 1966) was a Scottish Labour Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1959 to 1966.
- His successor was Alexander Eadie.Hill was born and educated in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, the son of coal miner James Hill and Janet Meechan Hill.
- Also a miner by profession, Hill was elected to the Musselburgh Town Council in 1945, and to the Midlothian County Council in 1946.
- He was elected as a Labour candidate in the 1959 and re-elected in 1964.Hill suffered heart problems in his second term, however, being hospitalised repeatedly.
- He was unable to contest the 1966 general election.
- He died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in December 1966.
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