David Petrie (politician)

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David Dick Petrie , mostly Dave Petrie (born December 10, 1946 in Edinburgh , † August 31, 2011 ) was a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party .

Petrie attended Trinity Academy in Edinburgh and graduated from Heriot-Watt University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He then qualified to teach mathematics at the Moray House School of Education .

For the first time Petrie ran in the 1999 parliamentary elections to national elections. He ran in the constituency of Argyll and Bute , but was only able to collect 14.9% of the votes and thus missed the entry into the newly created Scottish Parliament . In 2001 he took part in the British general election in the Argyll and Bute constituency and received the third largest share of the vote. In the 2003 parliamentary elections , he clearly missed out on Argyll and Bute's direct mandate, despite a slight gain in votes.

On March 21, 2006, the member of the Moray constituency , Margaret Ewing , died, which is why by-elections were held in this constituency on April 27, 2006. In order to be able to run for this election, Petries party colleague Mary Scanlon gave back her mandate to the electoral region Highlands and Islands . Since Petrie was ranked third in the Conservative Party in the electoral region in the 2003 election, he slipped to second place after Scanlon's resignation and took her seat in the Scottish Parliament for the remainder of the term. Since he received only 5.5% of the vote in the Western Isles constituency , for which he ran in the 2007 general election, Petrie resigned from parliament in 2007.

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  1. ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from March 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Obituary from The Scotsman ( memento of the original from March 26, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / announce.jpress.co.uk
  3. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ Results of the 2001 general election ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2011 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  5. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ^ The Guardian: Margaret Ewing
  7. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from August 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Petrie, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petrie, Dave Dick; Petrie, Dave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2011