Jean Turner
Jean Turner (born December 23, 1939 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish politician and non-party member of the Scottish Parliament .
Life
Turner attended Hillhead High School and then studied medicine at Aberdeen University . She then specialized in anesthesia at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary . In the following years she worked as a doctor at various institutions and ran her own practice in the Springburn district of Glasgow between 1974 and 1999 .
Political career
After Labor politician Sam Galbraith resigned his seat in the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency in May 2001 for health reasons, new elections were due in that constituency. After the closure of Stobhill Hospital in Springburn was announced, Turner decided to tackle it on a political level and applied for the direct mandate of Strathkelvin and Bearsden as a non-party representative of the Save Stobhill Hospital initiative . With 18.2%, she received the second-highest share of the vote after Labor candidate Brian Fitzpatrick . In the regular parliamentary elections in 2003 , she was able to increase her share of the vote to 31.1% and won the direct mandate with 438 votes ahead of Fitzpatrick. In the parliamentary elections in 2007 it lost 12.7% of the votes compared to 2003 and only received the third highest percentage of votes. The direct mandate went to Labor politician David Whitton and Turner left parliament.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BBC News: Outgoing minister puts health first
- ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ BBC News: Independents head to Holyrood
- ↑ BBC News: Holyrood resolved by-elections
- ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
- ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turner, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |