Alick Buchanan-Smith

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the British officer of the same name and father of Alick Buchanan-Smith, see Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno .

Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith PC (born April 8, 1932 in Edinburgh , † August 29, 1991 ) was a Scottish politician and Minister of the Conservative Party .

Education and family

The second son of Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno , and Mary Kathleen Smith became a soldier in 1951 in the regiment of the "Gordon Highlanders".

Member of the House of Commons

Buchanan-Smith ran initially unsuccessfully for the constituency of Fife West in 1959 . In 1964 he was elected to the House of Commons for the constituency of North Angus and Mearns and represented that constituency there until 1983. After the constituencies were revised, his constituency was abolished. He was then a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Kincardine and Deeside until his death .

Member of the government

Together with George Younger and Hector Monro , he worked from 1970 to 1974 in the cabinet of Edward Heath as Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Scotland. In Margaret Thatcher's cabinets , he was Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1979 to 1983, and then Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy until 1987. In both offices he was the representative of Minister Peter Walker . In 1981 he was accepted into the Privy Council .

In memory of him, the "Alick Buchanan Smith Spirit of Enterprise Award" is presented, which is intended to promote companies with new ideas and local reference.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Information from Stanford University
2. ^ The Independent: Lord Gray Of Contin , March 18, 2006
3. ^ Results of the general election in 1959
4. ^ Results of the general election in 1964
5. ^ Results of the general election in 1966
6. ^ Results of the 1970 general election
7. ^ Results of the general election in October 1974
8. ^ Results of the 1979 general election
9. ^ Results of the general election in 1983
10. ^ Results of the general election in 1987
11. ↑ Information on parliament.uk (PDF; 67 kB)
12. ↑ Information on the Spirit of Enterprise Award ( Memento of the original from June 27, 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.