Alex Johnstone

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Alex Johnstone

Alex Johnstone (born July 31, 1961 in Stonehaven , † December 7, 2016 ) was a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .

Political career

For the first time Johnstone stood in the first Scottish general election in 1999 to elections at the national level. In his constituency Gordon he received the third highest number of votes and thus missed the direct mandate of the constituency. However, since Johnstone was placed in third place on the regional electoral list of the Conservative Party for the electoral region North East Scotland , he moved as one of seven representatives of the electoral region in the newly created Scottish Parliament as a result of the election result. He was appointed party spokesman for rural affairs. In the following parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 , he applied for the direct mandate of the Angus constituency . In both cases he was defeated by the SNP politician Andrew Welsh . However, he was able to defend his list mandate as second or first place on the regional electoral list of the Conservatives.

Johnstone also ran for the British House of Commons elections in 2005 and 2010 . In his constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine he was defeated in both cases by the Liberal Democrat Sir Robert Smith . The constituency of Angus, for which he had run unsuccessfully in the Scottish parliamentary elections, was abolished as part of the 2011 constituency reform. In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 2011 , he applied for the direct mandate of the newly created constituency Angus North and Mearns , in which parts of the former constituency Angus had been absorbed. Johnstone received the second highest number of votes behind the SNP candidate Nigel Don , and thus once again missed a direct mandate. However, he defended the list mandate one more time.

Personal

Johnstone attended Mackie Academy in Stonehaven and then worked in the family farm, which he took over in 1993. He was married and had two children. Johnstone was a lifelong active member of the Church of Scotland .

Alex Johnstone died of complications from cancer.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Scottish Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone dies aged 55. BBC News Scotland, December 8, 2016, accessed December 8, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b Johnstone, Alex . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
  3. ^ A b c d Regional Lists: North East Scotland Region: Conservative & Unionist Party candidates. alba.org.uk, archived from the original on December 1, 2008 ; accessed on December 10, 2016 .
  4. ↑ 1999 Election Results: Falkirk East to Livingston . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ 1999 Election Results: Regional Members . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ 2003 Election Results: Aberdeen Central - Edinburgh West . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
    2007 Election Results: Aberdeen Central to Edinburgh West . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ 2003 Election Results: Regional Members . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
    2007 Election Results: Regional Members . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ UK General Election results May 2005 . ( 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. politicsresources.net, October 22, 2012, accessed December 10, 2016. UK General Election results May 2010 . ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2016 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. politicsresources.net, October 22, 2012, accessed December 10, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
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  9. ↑ 2011 Election results: Aberdeen Central to Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ 2011 Election results: Regional Members . Scottish Parliament website, accessed December 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ Alex Johnstone MSP - Housing and Transport Spokesperson. Scottish Conservatives, archived from the original on February 1, 2013 ; accessed on December 10, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Church elder and MSP dies aged 55. Church of Scotland, December 7, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Johnstone, Alex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Stonehaven
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2016