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MacDonald, Ramsay
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MacDonald, (James) Ramsay (1866–1937)

British politician, first Labour prime minister January–October 1924 and 1929–31, born in Morayshire, Scotland. He left the party to form a coalition government in 1931, which was increasingly dominated by Conservatives, until he was replaced by Stanley Baldwin in 1935.

MacDonald joined the Independent Labour Party in 1894, and became first secretary of the new Labour Party in 1900. In Parliament he led the party 1906–14 and 1922–31 and was prime minister of the first two Labour governments.



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