Alasdair Morgan

Alasdair Morgan ( * April 21, 1945 in Aberfeldy ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party.

Life

Morgan attended the Breadalblane Academy and then studied at Glasgow University and the Open University. Initially he worked as a mathematics teacher and then moved into the computer industry. Morgan is married and a father of two.

House of Commons

1974 Morgan joined the SNP. Over the years he has held various positions within the party. So Morgan served among other things as party secretary, treasurer and vice president. He first joined the British general election, 1983 to national elections. However, in his constituency North Tayside he only received the second highest share of votes and thus failed to reach the British House of Commons. Also in the general election in 1987 and 1992, he was not successful in the constituencies Dundee West or Dumfries. Eventually Morgan at the 1997 General Election to get the highest number of votes in the constituency Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and he went for the first time in the British House of Commons. Here, Morgan won the direct mandate of the long-standing mandate holder, the Conservatives Ian Lang. In the House of Morgan acted as cheerleaders of the SNP Group. He applied for any further term and retired at the end of the legislative term of the House of Commons.

Scottish Parliament

In the first Scottish Parliament elections in 1999, Morgan applied for the direct mandate of the constituency Galloway and Upper Nithsdale. He received the largest share of the vote and pulled so into the newly created Scottish Parliament. In the shadow cabinet of the SNP, he was initially provided as State Secretary for Rural Affairs and then between 2001 and 2005 as Secretary of State for Finance. In the parliamentary elections in 2003 Morgan lost his direct mandate with only 99 votes behind the Conservatives Alex Fergusson. Since Morgan, however, was also placed on the second rank of the Regional Evaluation of the SNP for the election Region South of Scotland, he received as a result of the election results a list of the seven seats for the constituency. In the 2007 parliamentary elections, he missed again the direct mandate of the constituency. , But defended its mandate for the constituency. At the 2011 parliamentary elections Morgan did not occur to.