Brian Fitzpatrick (politician, 1961)

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Brian Fitzpatrick is a Scottish politician and a member of the Labor Party .

After the resignation of the Labor MP and State Secretary for the Environment, Sports and Culture, Sam Galbraith , in May 2001, new elections were required in his constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden . Fitzpatrick succeeded Galbraith and applied for the constituency's direct mandate. Although Fitzpatrick lost 13.7% of the votes of Galbraith's election result in the first Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999, he won the direct mandate with a clear lead over the non-party candidate Jean Turner . In the parliamentary elections in 2003 he ran again in the constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden, but was defeated by Jean Turner with a difference of 438 votes. With that he left the Scottish Parliament at the end of the legislature .

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  1. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  2. ↑ BBC News: Outgoing minister puts health first
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ BBC News: Holyrood resolved by-elections
  5. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
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SURNAME Fitzpatrick, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century