Education
Carmichael was educated at the Scottish Labour College and worked as a constructional engineer, insurance agent and secretary.
Carmichael was educated at the Scottish Labour College and worked as a constructional engineer, insurance agent and secretary.
Foreign fourteen years, he acted as organising secretary for the Scottish Independent Labour Party (ILP). He served on Glasgow Town Council 1939-1946. He was elected for Glasgow Bridgeton at a by-election in 1946, following the death of James Maxton, leader of the ILP. However this by-election was the ILP"s "swan song".
He and the two other ILP MPs defected to the Labour Party at various times in 1947 and it ceased to be a serious electoral force after this.
Carmichael retired as an Member of Parliament in 1961.
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