Peter Peacock

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Peter Peacock, 2003

Peter Peacock (born May 27, 1952 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Labor Party .

In 1982 Peacock was elected to the Highland Regional Council and served for many years. For the first time Peacock appeared in the Scottish general election in 1999 to national elections. He did not apply for the direct mandate of a constituency, but for one of the seven mandates to be awarded in the Highlands and Islands electoral region . On the regional electoral list of the Labor Party he took first place and moved as a result of the election result as one of three candidates of the Labor Party for Highlands and Islands in the newly created Scottish Parliament . There he was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and held this office until October 2000. He then held the post of Deputy Minister of Finance until the end of the legislature.

In the 2003 parliamentary elections , Peacock applied for the direct mandate of the Moray constituency , but received only the third highest number of votes. But since he was again placed on the regional electoral list for Highlands and Islands, he defended his parliamentary seat on the basis of the election result. In the newly formed cabinet, Peacock was appointed Minister of Education, succeeding Cathy Jamieson . Tavish Scott became the new Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. In 2006, Peacock announced his resignation as minister for health reasons. In the following parliamentary elections in 2007 he defended his seat in parliament and left parliament at the end of the legislative period.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ the 1999 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
  3. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  4. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  5. ↑ a b BBC News: Ill health forces minister's exit
  6. ↑ BBC News: McConnell in radical cabinet shake-up
  7. ^ Information from the Liberal Democrats
  8. ↑ BBC News: Labor MSP Peter Peacock to stand down
  9. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Peacock, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh