Murray Tosh

Murray Tosh ( born September 1, 1950 in Ayr ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party.

Life

Tosh attended Kilmarnock Academy and then studied history and politics at the University of Glasgow. Then he went to Jordanhill College of Education, where he earned his teaching license. In the following years, Tosh was a teacher at various schools.

Political career

Tosh was initially a member of the Liberal Party and during his time at the University of Glasgow President of the Glasgow University Liberal Club. At the general election in October 1974 he was a candidate for the Liberal Party in the constituency of Ayr, missed with a share of around 6.3 % of the vote to move into the British House of Commons, however, clearly. He then joined the Conservative Party and competed at the 1983 general election to the direct mandate of the constituency Glasgow Hillhead, and received the third highest number of votes. Between 1987 and 1996, Tosh was then a member of the District Council of Kyle and Carrick.

In the first Scottish Parliament elections in 1999 Tosh candidate in the constituency of Cunninghame South, but received only 11.4% of the vote. As Tosh, however, was also listed on the Regional Evaluation of the Conservatives for the election Region South of Scotland in third place, he received as a result of the election results is one of the four list mandates of the conservatives in this election region and moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament. In the parliamentary elections of 2003, Tosh applied for the direct mandate of the constituency Dumbarton and received the fourth-largest share of votes. However, due to its listing on the regional election list for the election Region West of Scotland, he moved again using a list of mandate in the parliament. In the following 2007 parliamentary elections Tosh went to in the constituency Dumfries and received the second highest number of votes. Since he was listed on the Regional Evaluation of the Conservatives for South Scotland only in fourth place, he did not receive a list of reference and retired from the parliament from.