Lloyd Quinan

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Lloyd Quinan (* in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish politician, former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and current member of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP).

Life

During his career, Quinan has worked in various areas of the media sector. He presented the weather forecast on national television and hosted the Trial by Night program on STV . He also produced and presented more than 200 documentary programs. He is a member of the Equity and NUJ unions .

Political career

In 1974 Quinan joined the SNP. In the first Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999, Quinan ran for the direct mandate of the Dumbarton constituency , but was clearly defeated by the Labor candidate Jackie Baillie and thus missed the direct mandate of the constituency. Since Quinan was also placed at the top of the regional electoral list of the SNP for the electoral region West of Scotland , he received one of four list mandates for the SNP in this electoral region and moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament . In the following general election in 2003 Quinan ran in the constituency of Motherwell and Wishaw and stood against First Minister Jack McConnell . He was clearly subject to this and left parliament. In December of the same year he left the SNP and joined Tommy Sheridan's SSP.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b BBC News: Former Nat's SSP defection
  2. ↑ a b c Biographical information
  3. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from April 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Quinan, Lloyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh