Alasdair Morgan

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Alasdair Morgan (born April 21, 1945 in Aberfeldy ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party .

Life

Morgan attended the Breadalblane Academy and then studied at the University of Glasgow and the Open University . First he worked as a math teacher and then switched to the computer industry. Morgan is married and has a father of two.

British House of Commons

In 1974 Morgan joined the SNP. Over the years he has held various party positions. Morgan served as party secretary, treasurer and vice president, among other things. For the first time he appeared in the British general election in 1983 to national elections. In his constituency of North Tayside , however, he received only the second highest share of the vote and thus missed entry into the British House of Commons . He was also unsuccessful in the general election in 1987 and 1992 in the constituencies of Dundee West and Dumfries . Finally, Morgan succeeded in the 1997 general election to get the highest number of votes in the Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency and he moved into the British House of Commons for the first time. Morgan won the direct mandate from the long-standing mandate holder, the conservative Ian Lang . In the House of Commons, Morgan acted as whip in the SNP faction. He did not apply for any further term and left the House of Commons at the end of the legislative period.

Scottish Parliament

In the first Scottish general election in 1999, Morgan ran for the direct mandate of the Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency . He received the largest share of the vote and thus moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . In the shadow cabinet of the SNP he was initially designated as State Secretary for Rural Affairs and then between 2001 and 2005 as State Secretary for Finance. In the 2003 general election , Morgan lost his direct seat to Conservative Alex Fergusson, just 99 votes behind . However, since Morgan was also placed on the second rank of the regional electoral list of the SNP for the electoral region South of Scotland , he received one of the seven list mandates for the electoral region as a result of the election result. In the 2007 parliamentary elections , he again missed the direct mandate of the constituency, but defended his mandate for the electoral region. At the 2011 parliamentary elections Morgan has not raced for more.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Information from the SNP ( Memento of August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Results of the parliamentary elections in 1983 ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  4. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in 1987 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  5. ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  6. ^ Results of the 1997 general election
  7. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  8. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  9. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  10. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  11. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  12. ↑ The Herald Scotland: Veteran Nationalist MSP to stand down ( Memento from June 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Alasdair
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician (Scottish National Party), member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberfeldy