Frank McAveety

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Frank McAveety

Frank McAveety (born July 27, 1962 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

Life

McAveety attended All Saints Secondary School in Glasgow and then studied at the University of Strathclyde . He graduated with a Masters degree in English and History. Then McAveety attended St Andrew's College of Education . Between 1988 and 1999 he was a member of the Glasgow Council and chaired it from 1997.

Political career

In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999 McAveety ran for the constituency of Glasgow Shettleston and won the mandate with a clear lead over the candidate of the SNP . As a result, he moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament and was appointed Deputy Minister for Housing & Local Government . After the death of Donald Dewar and the subsequent restructuring of the cabinet, McAveety lost this position. Between November 2002 and April 2003, he then held the post of Deputy Minister for Health and Welfare. In the 2003 parliamentary elections McAveety defended his mandate. In the newly formed cabinet he was Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport until June 2004. Once again McAveety was able to defend his mandate in the parliamentary elections in 2007 , but was defeated in the following parliamentary elections in 2011 to John Mason of the SNP and thus lost his seat in parliament.

In 2004, McAveety appeared late for a ministerial question and answer session and apologized on the grounds that he had been held up while performing his parliamentary duties at an appointment. Journalists present later published that they had seen the minister eating in the parliament canteen at the time. McAveety confirmed this and apologized to Jack McConnell , Prime Minister , for inadvertently giving false information to Parliament. He was then reprimanded for his behavior. The affair was referred to as piegate or porky pie-gate in the media . As a result, McAveety lost his ministerial post.

In 2010, McAveety received again negative press for comments about the attractiveness of a woman in the stands in Parliament. Since his microphone was not switched off, his words were generally audible. As a result, he apologized and voluntarily resigned as Chairman of the Petitions Committee.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  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 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  6. ↑ BBC News: "Out to lunch" minister's apology
  7. ↑ BBC News: Pie minister has his chips
  8. ↑ BBC News: Frank McAveety quits over "attractive girl" remark
  9. ^ The Telegraph: Labor MSP resigns over "dark and dusky" praise for woman

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personal data
SURNAME McAveety, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow