John Farquhar Munro

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John Farquhar Munro

John Farquhar Munro (born August 26, 1934 in the Glen Shiel Valley , Scotland, † January 26, 2014 ) was a Scottish politician and member of the Liberal Democrats .

Munro attended Plockton High School and Merchant Marine College in Gloucestershire . Between 1966 and 1975 Munro was a councilor of Inverness-shire and from 1974 to 1996 a member of the district council of Skye and Lochalsh . At the same time, Munro sat on the Highland Regional Council from 1978 to 1982 and between 1994 and 1999 .

For the first time Munro appeared in the Scottish general election in 1999 to national elections. He ran in the constituency of Ross, Skye and Inverness West and was able to win the direct mandate just ahead of the Labor candidate and former singer of the band Runrig , Donnie Munro . He moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament and was able to defend his mandate in the following general elections in 2003 and 2007 . At the 2011 parliamentary elections Munro has not raced for more.

Munro made important contributions to the abolition of the Skye Bridge toll and to the revival of the Scottish Gaelic language . His support of the SNP politician Alex Salmond for a second term as First Minister in the 2011 parliamentary elections caused a sensation. Munro put his statement into perspective, however, to the effect that he would still vote for the Liberal Democrats and not for the SNP in the upcoming elections.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former MSP John Farquhar Munro dies at age 79 , accessed January 28, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Biographical information
  3. ↑ the 1999 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ↑ the general election 2003 on the pages of the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ a b The Telegraph: Scottish Election 2011: former Lib Dem MSP to vote for Alex Salmond
  7. ^ Information from the Liberal Democrats ( Memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ The Scottish Sun: Oh Farq!
personal data
SURNAME Munro, John Farquhar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Glen Shiel Valley , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2014