Fergus Ewing

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Fergus Ewing MSP
Minister for Community Safety
Incumbent
Assumed office  17th May, 2007
Preceded by	Johann Lamont (as Deputy Minister for Justice)
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
Incumbent
Assumed office  3rd May 1999
Majority	1,382 (4.6%)
Born	April 28, 1958 (1958-04-28) (age 50)
Political party	Scottish National Party

Fergus Ewing (born 23 September 1957, Glasgow) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, the Minister for Community Safety and has been a Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber since 1999.

[edit] Background and family life

He is the son of the veteran Scottish Nationalist Winnie Ewing (his father was also an SNP councillor) and has long been active in the SNP. Educated at Loretto, in Musselburgh, he studied law at the University of Glasgow where he was a member of the Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association. His late wife, Margaret Ewing, was the MSP for the neighbouring constituency of Moray until her death in March 2006. His sister, Annabelle Ewing, was the MP for Perth until the 2005 election.

[edit] Holyrood

He was elected to represent Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber in the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and he held on to the seat in 2003 and 2007. He, with his mother Winnie Ewing, abstained from the vote to abolish section 2A (see the Official Report) via the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 but otherwise is viewed as being among the more moderate of the Scottish National Party MSPs, while his opposition to an outright ban on fox hunting also marked him out from many of his party colleagues. After the SNP's victory at the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Ewing was appointed as the Minister for Community Safety.

[edit] External links

• Fergus Ewing MSP Biography at Scottish Parliament website
• Fergus Ewing MSP Biography at SNP website

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region Elected in the 2007 election SNP (6 seats), Lib Dem (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Conservative (2 seats) Constituency MSPs Jim Mather (SNP, Argyll and Bute) • Jamie Stone (Lib Dem, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) • Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) • Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) • Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) • John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem, Ross, Skye and Inverness West) • Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) • Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles) Additional Members Rob Gibson (SNP) • Rhoda Grant (Lab) • Jamie McGrigor (Con) • Peter Peacock (Lab) • Mary Scanlon (Con) • David Stewart (Lab) • David Thompson (SNP)

v • d • e      Junior Ministers in the Scottish Government Linda Fabiani (Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture) · Bruce Crawford (Minister for Parliamentary Business) · Jim Mather (Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism) · Stewart Stevenson (Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change) · Fergus Ewing (Minister for Community Safety) · Michael Russell (Minister for Environment) Maureen Watt (Minister for Schools and Skills) · Adam Ingram (Minister for Children and Early Years) · Stewart Maxwell (Minister for Communities and Sport) · Shona Robison (Minister for Public Health) ·

[edit] References

• http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/966/Grand_designs_need_upgrade_of_transport_systems.html

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