horses and carts. He increasingly separated the Horse and Motormen from other unions, refusing to join the National Transport Workers' Federation. This led to an increasing number of demarcation disputes, which the STUC attempted to adjudicate. He was undecided whether to support the 1926 UK general strike, and as a result, some members joined in, while others did not. These problems, coupled with increasing periods of poor health, led to disagreements with other officials in his own union, and he was eventually dismissed as general secretary in 1936, to be succeeded by Robert Taylor. He retired to Rothesay, and died four years later. References 1872 births 1940 deaths Councillors in Glasgow Independent Labour Party councillors Labour Party (UK) politicians People from Falkirk Scottish trade unionists