Johann Lamont

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Johann Lamont

Johann Lamont (born July 11, 1957 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party and the Co-operative Party .

Life

Lamont comes from a Gaelic-speaking family whose roots lie on the Hebridean island of Tiree . She attended Woodside Secondary School in Glasgow and then went to the University of Glasgow , which she graduated with a master's degree . Lamont received her educational qualification at Jordanhill College of Education and subsequently taught English and history at Castlemilk High School , Rothesay Academy and Springburn Academy for 20 years . Lamont is married and a mother of two. She lives in Glasgow with her husband.

Political career

In the Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999 , Lamont ran for the constituency of Glasgow Pollok and won the mandate with a clear lead over the SNP candidate Kenneth Gibson . As a result, she moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . In the parliamentary elections in 2003 , 2007 and 2011 , Lamont defended her constituency.

Lamont was Deputy Minister for Community Affairs from October 2004 to November 2006 and then Deputy Minister of Justice until the end of the legislature. As a result of the poor result for the Labor Party in the 2011 general election, Iain Gray resigned from the position of party chairman. In the elections for his successor, Lamont was able to win the largest share of the vote with 51.77% and served for several years as chairman of the Scottish Labor Party. In the 2016 parliamentary elections, Lamont was defeated by the SNP candidate Humza Yousaf and subsequently left parliament.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information on the pages of the Scottish Parliament ( Memento of October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Information on the Labor Party website ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2016 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.scottishlabour.org.uk
  3. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  4. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website.
  5. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  6. ↑ Results of the 2011 general election on the Scottish Parliament website.
  7. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-16217972
  9. ↑ Information from the Labor Party ( Memento from February 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Results of the general election 2016 on the Scottish Parliament website.

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personal data
SURNAME Lamont, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow