Bruce Crawford

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Bruce Crawford

Bruce Crawford (born February 16, 1955 ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Crawford attended Kinross & Perth High School . From 1974 to 1999 he worked for the Scottish Office . Crawford was an elected councilor for the Perth and Kinross area between 1988 and 2001 and chaired it between 1996 and 1999. In the Scottish general elections in 1999 Crawford was a candidate for the SNP on the electoral list of the Mid Scotland and Fife region and won a seat in the newly created Scottish Parliament . In the parliamentary elections in 2003 he ran both as a candidate on the regional list and as a candidate for the constituency of Stirling . In the constituency of Stirling, Crawford was only able to gain the third highest number of votes after Sylvia Jackson of the Labor Party and the candidate of the Conservative Party , Brian Monteith , but was again elected to parliament via the regional electoral list. In the parliamentary elections in 2007 , he finally won the direct mandate of the constituency, which he defended in the parliamentary elections in 2011 with a clear lead over the Labor Party candidate. In the Cabinet Salmond I between 2007 and 2011. Crawford had the post of Parliamentary Business Minister held. In the following legislative term, Craword will hold the position of Minister for Parliamentary and Government Strategy .

Crawford is married and has three sons. He is interested in sports, especially soccer and rugby, and is a supporter of the Scottish national football team and the Dunfermline Athletic club . He also enjoys playing golf.

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  1. ↑ a b Biographical information on the pages of the Scottish Parliament ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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.scottish.parliament.uk
  2. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  3. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ BBC News: Cabinet and ministers at-a-glance .
  7. ↑ Information on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
personal data
SURNAME Crawford, Bruce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1955