Donald Gorrie

Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie , OBE , DL ( April 2, 1933 - August 25, 2012 ) was a Scottish politician and member of the Liberal Democrats .

British House of Commons

Gorrie first appeared in the 1970 general election for the Liberal Democrats in the Edinburgh West constituency . Since he received only 8.2% of the vote, he was denied entry into the House of Commons . In the two elections in February and October 1974 Gorrie was able to record significant gains in votes with 21.5% and 16.4% respectively, but still did not win the direct mandate of the constituency. Gorrie ran again in the general election in 1992 for Edinburgh West and was only barely defeated by the candidate of the Conservative Party , James Douglas-Hamilton . The 1997 general election finally brought a change and Gorrie won the mandate by a clear margin over Douglas-Hamilton and moved into the lower house for the first time.

Scottish Parliament

In the first elections to the Scottish Parliament , Gorrie ran on the regional list of the electoral region of Central Scotland and, based on the election results, moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . For the constituency of Edinburgh West , which he represented in the British House of Commons, Margaret Smith ran and won him for the Liberal Democrats. In the 2003 general election , Gorrie ran for a second term for the Central Scotland region and defended his seat. In the 2007 general election , he did not run.

Web links

• Information on the Scottish Parliament website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ scotsman.com: Obituary: Donald Gorrie, politician , English , accessed August 29, 2012
2. ↑ Information on debretts.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Results of the 1970 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2015 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. 
4. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in February 1974 ( memento of the original from July 1, 2017 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. 
5. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in October 1974 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 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. 
6. ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 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. 
7. ↑ Results of the 1997 general election ( Memento of the original from September 21, 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. 
8. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
9. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
10. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
11. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )