About Michael Murgatroyd
Lived 1925 – 2004 (aged 78–79). Michael Murgatroyd was a politician.
Michael Murgatroyd (1925–2004) was an English-born, Scottish nationalist political activist.
Born in Huddersfield, England, Michael Murgatroyd studied at Giggleswick School and served with the Royal Artillery, for the United Kingdom, during the Second World War. After the war, he worked for Dunlop and Firestone before marrying a Scottish woman, Yvonne, moving to Cockenzie House in Cockenzie.
Yvonne joined the Scottish National Party (SNP), and Michael soon followed, being inspired after hearing a speech by George Leslie. He became active in his trade union, and tried to gain recognition for the union, but he was made redundant in 1977, and relocated to Inverness, Scotland, where he worked by driving taxis.
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Scottish political activist
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Michael Murgatroyd was born in 1925.
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Michael Murgatroyd died in 2004.
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Michael Murgatroyd was a politician.
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