Michael Marcus (9 November 1894 â November 1960) was a Scottish Labour Party politician.
Marcus was educated at St Leonard's Public Board School, George Heriot's School and the University of Edinburgh, before becoming a solicitor. His initial foray into politics came in 1918, when he joined the Edinburgh Central branch of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), becoming that branch's chairman the following year. From 1923 to 1928 he was the election agent for William Graham, the sitting Labour MP for Edinburgh Central. In 1926, he was elected onto Edinburgh Corporation, representing St Leonard's ward.
He was elected at the 1929 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament for Dundee, but was defeated at the 1931 general election. He stood again in 1935, but was unsuccessful.
A supporter of appeasement, in 1938 Marcus resigned from the Labour Party and announced that he would be joining National Labour. In his letter of resignation, he stated that:
Thereafter, he focused on his legal career, becoming a barrister with the Middle Temple. He settled with his wife in Hampstead, and from 1946 to 1952 was chairman of the Finsbury and Shoreditch Rent Tribunal. He died in 1960.