Alex Fergusson (Scottish politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alex Fergusson
3rd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office  14 May 2007
Preceded by	George Reid
Born	April 8, 1949 (1949-04-08) (age 59) Leswalt, Wigtownshire
Political party	Conservative

Alex Fergusson (born 8 April 1949, Leswalt, Wigtownshire) is a Conservative politician and Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. He has been Member of the Scottish Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale since 2003. He was previously a member for the South of Scotland region from 1999.

As a farmer before his election, he was Conservative spokesman for Agriculture and Forestry in the Scottish Parliament. After holding his seat at the 2007 election, on the 14 May he was elected by his fellow MSPs to succeed George Reid as Presiding Officer.^[1] As the office is non-partisan, he had to take voluntary suspension from his political party the Conservatives.

During the draw for the 2007-08 CIS Cup semi-finals, he mixed up the numbers and miscalled the teams, a mistake that was rectified later that day.

He is the Honorary President of English-Speaking Union Scotland

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alex Fergusson MSP profile at Scottish Parliament site
• Alex Fergusson MSP profile at the site of the Conservative Party
• Alex Fergusson MSP profile at personal website
• Alex Fergusson, countryside man, BBC profile

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Alasdair Morgan	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 2003 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by George Reid	Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2007 – present	Incumbent
Order of precedence in Scotland
Preceded by The Rt. Hon Alex Salmond MP MSP	Order of Precedence (gentlemen) (Scotland)	Succeeded by The Rt. Hon. Des Browne MP

v • d • e Scottish Conservative Party MSPs Elected in the 2007 election Bill Aitken · Ted Brocklebank · Gavin Brown · Derek Brownlee · Jackson Carlaw · Alex Fergusson (Presiding Officer) · Annabel Goldie · John Lamont · Murdo Fraser · Alex Johnstone · Nanette Milne · Margaret Mitchell · Jamie McGrigor · David McLetchie · Mary Scanlon · John Scott · Elizabeth Smith

v • d • e      Members of the Scottish Parliament in the South of Scotland region Elected in the 2007 election Labour (5 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (4 seats), Lib Dems (2 seats) Constituency MSPs John Scott (Con, Ayr) • Cathy Jamieson (Lab, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) • Karen Gillon (Lab, Clydesdale) • Irene Oldfather (Lab, Cunninghame South) • Elaine Murray (Lab, Dumfries) • Iain Gray (Lab, East Lothian) • Alex Fergusson (Presiding Officer, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) • John Lamont (Con, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) • Jeremy Purvis (Lib Dem, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) Additional Members Derek Brownlee (Con) • Aileen Campbell (SNP) • Christine Grahame (SNP) • Jim Hume (Lib Dem) • Adam Ingram (SNP) • Alasdair Morgan (SNP) • Mike Russell (SNP)