Christian Allard

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Christian Allard (born March 31, 1964 in Dijon ) is a French - Scottish politician of the Scottish National Party . Allard was a member of the Scottish Parliament from 2013 to 2016 . From the 2019 European elections until January 31, 2020, he was a member of the European Parliament as part of the Greens / EFA group .

Life

Allard comes from a rural environment near Dijon in France . After graduating from high school, Allard moved to work in the fishing industry.

In 1986 Allard moved to Scotland to open a location in Glasgow for the European Seafood Transport and Logistics Network . From 2011, Allard worked part-time for a fishing company in Aberdeen .

Allard is a widower and has three children.

politics

Christian Allard joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) around 2004 and has served as the party's political advisor since 2007. According to his own statements, his commitment to Scottish independence is based primarily on his experience in fishing.

Allard worked part-time for the Scottish MP Dennis Robertson and supported him in the 2011 election to the Scottish Parliament in the constituency of Aberdeenshire West .

A by-election was required following the death of MP Brian Adam in the Aberdeen Donside constituency . To this Mark McDonald joined the SNP, who previously held a list mandate for the electoral region of North East Scotland . In order to run for the election, he had to resign, so Allard, the next candidate on the electoral list, moved up. Allard won the election clearly with 41.98 percent of the vote. On May 15, 2013, Allard was sworn in in parliament. He took the oath in both English and French; a novelty in the Scottish Parliament.

In the regular election to the Scottish Parliament in 2016 , Allard ran as a list candidate and not as a direct candidate, but did not win a seat due to the peculiarities of the Scottish electoral system. He won a mandate in the 2017 election to Aberdeen City Council and has been a member ever since.

In 2019, his party nominated him for the 2019 European elections to the party's second place on the list in the British European constituency of Scotland. His party won three seats in the constituency with 37.8 percent of the vote, one for Allard. Like all SNP MPs, Allard joined the group The Greens / EFA , which not only includes parties of the European Green Party , but also the regionalist European Free Alliance . The latter also includes the Scottish National Party. Allard was a member of the Fisheries Committee for his group , as well as a deputy member of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted 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. ^ A b c New MSP to take oath in his native French. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ BBC News: Newest MSP Christian Allard speaks in English and French at swearing in , May 15, 2013
  4. ↑ Dailyrecord.co.uk: French MSP Christian Allard sworn in at Holyrood. May 15, 2013, accessed July 12, 2019 .
  5. ^ Gareth McPherson: Holyrood no more - eight former MSPs who will be looking for new jobs. In: The Courier. Retrieved July 12, 2019 (UK English).
  6. ^ The UK's results in maps and charts . May 27, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed July 12, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Home | Christian ALLARD | MPs | European Parliament. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Allard, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Dijon