Robert Murray (30 June 1869 – 9 August 1950) was a Scottish co-operator and politician who served briefly in Parliament as a member of the Labour Party.
[4] Murray's maiden speech in Parliament criticised the Government for "colouring information" which it gave to the public, and manipulating the press; it followed an incident in which the National Unemployed Workers' Movement had organised a march and the Government had given out biographies of the leaders to the press with an instruction not to identify the source of the information.
[7] When the 1924 general election was called, Murray faced a single opponent in Lt Col McInnes Shaw (Conservative) as the Liberal Party decided not to stand.
[8] In the circumstances it was thought likely that McInnes Shaw would take most of the Liberal vote and therefore win the seat,[9] and this proved to be the case: Murray was beaten by 2,015.
His son was Dr David Stark Murray who became President of the Socialist Medical Association and a leading advocate of the national health service.