George Reid (politician, 1939)

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George Reid

George Reid , PC (born July 4, 1939 in Tullibody ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Life

Reid attended Abercromby School and the Dollar Academy . He then studied history at St Andrews University and earned a master's degree . He trained in the United States , Sweden and Switzerland in the areas of international relations and humanitarian law .

Reid then worked as a journalist and correspondent for national and international magazines. He also worked as a reporter and producer for Scottish Television , Granada Television and the BBC . He was responsible for the production of more than 200  documentaries , including the Emmy- winning entry Contract 736 . Reid has also contributed to numerous humanitarian and academic journals.

Reid is married and has two daughters.

British House of Commons

Reid ran in 1974 as a candidate for the SNP for the constituency of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire in the general election in February 1974 . This constituency was a traditional stronghold of the Labor Party , which it won in the previous elections by a margin of over 10,000 to runner-up. Despite this, Reid managed to relegate the Labor Party candidates to second place after an ambitious election campaign by around 3,500 votes. This marked the biggest turnaround in any constituency in the UK in this election. In the following general election in October 1974 Reid was able to increase his lead to 7,341 votes, which meant the largest lead of all eleven MPs of the SNP. In the 1979 general election, Reid was narrowly defeated by the Labor Party candidate. After Reid had withdrawn his political activities for a few years, he stood in the 1997 general election for the constituency of Ochil , but could not gain a majority.

Scottish Parliament

In the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Reid ran for the SNP in the constituency of Ochil . He was defeated by the Labor Party candidate, Richard Simpson , but moved to the newly created Scottish Parliament as a candidate on the regional electoral list for the Mid Scotland and Fife region due to the election result . He ran for the post of Speaker of Parliament, but was defeated in the vote by the Liberal Democrat David Steel and eventually became his deputy. For the parliamentary elections in 2003 , Reid ran again for Ochil and won the direct mandate by around 300 votes. Reid ran one more time as Speaker of Parliament and won the election that year. As partisan neutrality is expected from the parliamentary speaker, Reid let his membership in the SNP rest until the end of his term in 2007. Reid did not run for the subsequent parliamentary elections.

further activities

Reid turned to journalism again after leaving the House of Commons. Among other things, he produced an important report on the famine in Ethiopia , which allegedly contributed to the development of the aid projects Band Aid and Live Aid . For the next twelve years, Reid headed the Public Affairs department of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva . As part of this activity, he served as an envoy in numerous humanitarian emergency areas around the world. For his work as head of the delegation at the Spitak earthquake in 1988 , Reid was honored by the Soviet Union with the Pigorow Medal in gold.

After leaving Parliament, Reid was raised to the rank of Freeman of the County of Clackmannanshire . In 2008 Reid was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . Reid has been Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire since 2011 .

The University of Glasgow appointed Reid an honorary professor . The universities of St Andrews , Edinburgh , Stirling and Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh awarded George Reid an honorary doctorate .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from September 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b c d e Distinguished parliamentarian George Reid appointed honorary professor ( Memento June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) - Information from the University of Glasgow
  3. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ a b Information on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
  6. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  7. ↑ Africa Woman, 2005 (PDF; 2.5 MB)
  8. ↑ BBC News: George Reid poised for top honor , April 16, 2007
  9. ^ Information from the John Smith Memorial Trust ( Memento from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Information from the Clackmannanshire Council
  11. ^ Contribution by the University of Glasgow
  12. ^ Information from the University of St Andrews ( Memento of June 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ^ Information from the John Smith Memorial Trust ( Memento from July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ^ Information from the John Smith Memorial Trust ( Memento from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ^ Information from Queen Margaret University ( Memento from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Reid, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician (Scottish National Party (SNP)), member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Tullibody