Joan McAlpine

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Joan McAlpine

Joan McAlpine (born January 28, 1962 in Gourock ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Life

McAlpine attended St Columba's Comprehensive School in Greenock and then studied Scottish history and economic history at the University of Glasgow . She then went to City University in London, where she earned a degree in journalism. She then worked as a journalist and editor for various newspapers, including The Scotsman , The Herald and the Scottish edition of the Sunday Times . It also operates the award-winning blog Go Lassie Go and wrote together with the Socialist Tommy Sheridan , the book A Time to Rage . In 1999, McAlpine was named Scottish Journalist of the Year and received the Oliver Brown Award in 2011 . She is married to the musician Pat Kane and is a mother of two.

Political career

McAlpine was press advisor to the SNP and also wrote speeches for First Minister Alex Salmond . In the 2011 parliamentary elections ran McAlpine first time for the SNP. The did not apply for the direct mandate of a constituency, but was set on the regional electoral list of the SNP for the electoral region South Scotland . As a result of the election result, she received one of the four SNP list mandates in this electoral region and moved into the Scottish Parliament for the first time .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC: Joan McAlpine
  2. ↑ a b Information from the Scottish Parliament ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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.scottish.parliament.uk
  3. ↑ Go Lassie Go
  4. ↑ a b Information from the SNP
  5. ^ Allmediascotland: Big Things Expected for McAlpine
  6. ^ The Scotsman: George Kerevan: The seal of cabinet approval is still to be validated
  7. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME McAlpine, Joan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Gourock