John George Burnett

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John George Burnett, OBE (30 March 1876 – 20 January 1962) was Unionist MP for Aberdeen North from 1931 to 1935, defeating William Wedgwood Benn at the 1931 general election.{{Cite news |date=22 January 1962 |title=Mr. J. G. Burnett |pages=17 |work=The Times}}

The son of Dr George Burnett, sometime Lord Lyon King of Arms, he was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Magdalen College, Oxford. he was subsequently called to the English bar by the Inner Temple.

He was secretary of the Aberdeen War Pensions Committee from 1915 to 1920 and a member of the Aberdeen Town Council from 1928 to 1931. He became a member of the Scottish Departmental Committee on Housing.

He was appointed an OBE in the 1946 New Year Honours for his services as County Army Welfare Officer for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire.{{London Gazette |issue=37412 |date=9 Jan 1946 |page=276 |supp=y }}

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He lost his seat in 1935 to Mr George M. Garro-Jones (Labour)The Times, 16 Nov 1935 page viii, General Election Results

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