Alexander Wilkie

Alexander Wilkie (30 September 1850 – 2 September 1928) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland, best known for his service as a Member of Parliament for Dundee. Along with the Dundonian George Nicoll Barnes Wilkie was one of the first two Labour Members elected in Scotland.

Alexander Wilkie was born in Fife in 1850 and prior to his political career was a ship carpenter. Wilkie was known for his work in the Labour movement serving as general secretary of the Ship Constructive and Shipwrights Association. He helped to form Labour Representation Committee and visited the United States of America as a member of the Mosely Commission in 1902.

He unsuccessfully contested the Sunderland constituency at the 1900 general election, but was elected to the House of Commons at the 1906 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament for Dundee. Wilkie's election has been argued to be an important part of a broader process of political change in Dundee which saw the city's electorate move from supporting the Liberal Party to supporting the Labour Party.