| The Right Honourable Donald Dewar |
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| In office 7 May 1999 – 11 October 2000 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | Jim Wallace |
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| In office 3 May 1997 – 17 May 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Michael Forsyth |
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| In office 6 May 1999 – 11 October 2000 |
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| Born | 21 August 1937 Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Died | October 11, 2000 (aged 63) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Scottish Labour |
Donald Campbell Dewar (August 21, 1937 – October 11, 2000) was the first First Minister of Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000. The Right Honourable (abbreviated as The Rt Hon) is an Honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain The First Minister of Scotland (Prìomh Mhinistear na h-Alba First Meinister o Scotland is the head of the devolved Scottish Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The Deputy First Minister of Scotland is the deputy to the First Minister of Scotland. For other uses see James Wallace. James Robert Wallace Baron Wallace of Tankerness PC QC (born 25 August The Right Honourable Henry McLeish (b June 15 1948, Methil, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish politician author and The Secretary of State for Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Michael Bruce Forsyth Baron Forsyth of Drumlean PC, (born 16 October 1954 Montrose) is a British Conservative politician Dr John Reid (born 8 May 1947 is a British Politician who was formerly the Home Secretary and also filled several other cabinet positions including Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP) ( Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ( BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected Glasgow Anniesland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Bill Butler (born March 30, 1956, Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician and former teacher Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Scottish Labour (often but inaccurately described at the "Scottish Labour Party" is that part of the (British Labour Party which operates in Scotland Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The First Minister of Scotland (Prìomh Mhinistear na h-Alba First Meinister o Scotland is the head of the devolved Scottish Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He was the first person to hold the position of First Minister following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
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Early life
Born at 194 Renfrew Street, Glasgow on 21 August 1937 to mature parents, Dewar was an only child. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His father Alisdair was a distinguished consultant dermatologist but suffered from tuberculosis. Dermatology (from Greek grc δέρμα derma, "skin" and grc -λογία -logia) is a branch of Medicine dealing with Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common His mother Mary (née Bennett) suffered a brain tumour when Donald was very young. A brain tumor is any intracranial Tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the Brain itself ( Neurons
He attended the Glasgow Academy before studying at the University of Glasgow, where he gained both LLB and MA degrees as well as editing the Glasgow University Guardian. Founded in 1845, The Glasgow Academy is the oldest fully independent school in Glasgow, Scotland. The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law A Master of Arts in Scotland is an academic degree in Humanities and Social sciences awarded by the Ancient universities of Scotland – Glasgow University Guardian is the student newspaper of the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Here, he met his close friend John Smith—who would later become leader of the Labour Party and also Sir Menzies Campbell MP and Lord Irvine of Lairg. John Smith QC (13 September 1938&ndash12 May 1994 was a Scottish Politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the ]—through the debating society. In his time at university he also served as President of the Glasgow University Union and was a member of the Glasgow University Labour Club. Glasgow University Union ( GUU) is one of the largest and oldest students' unions in the UK serving students of the University of Glasgow since 1885
Member of Parliament
A member of the Labour Party, Dewar worked as a solicitor in Glasgow before being elected at the age of 28 in the 1966 general election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster to represent the marginal constituency of Aberdeen South. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts National opinion poll summary Research Services: 3% swing to Labour (forecast majority of 101National Opinion Polls: 3 The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures goals or loyalty Aberdeen South is a Burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and it elects one Member of Parliament In his maiden speech in the Commons Dewar railed against proposed increase on potato tax. Common land (a common) is a piece of land owned by one person but over which other people can exercise certain traditional rights such as allowing their livestock to graze This was his first notable success - the tax was repealed in 1967. That year he was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Education Secretary Anthony Crosland, who Dewar later confessed to never really establishing a rapport with. A Parliamentary Private Secretary ( PPS) is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP by a senior minister in government or shadow The Secretary of State for Education and Skills was the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom government Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (29 August 1918 - 19 February 1977 was a member of the Labour Party and an important socialist theorist He held that position until 1969. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In April 1968 he was proposed for a Minister of State position by Roy Jenkins but nothing came of it. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a Parliamentary system. Roy Harris Jenkins Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM PC ( 11 November 1920 &ndash 5 January 2003) was a British
Shadow Cabinet
After a political hiatus during the 1970s, Donald Dewar was returned to Westminster as the Member of Parliament for Glasgow Garscadden at a by-election in 1978 following the death of Labour MP William Small. Glasgow Garscadden was a Burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 1997 A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) William Watson Small ( 19 October 1909 &ndash 18 January 1978) was a Scottish Labour Party politician He rose quickly through the ranks, becoming a member of the Shadow Cabinet in 1984. The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) On 21 December 1988, Dewar was in Lockerbie after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, [1] as the member of the Shadow Cabinet in charge of Scottish affairs. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) In 1992 John Smith made him Shadow Social Security Secretary. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Social security primarily refers to a Social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions including poverty old In 1995, Dewar was made a Chief Whip for the Labour Party by Tony Blair, and when the Labour Party was declared the majority party in the 1997 election, he was given the post of Secretary of State for Scotland. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Secretary of State for Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the
In government
After the 1997 General Election, Dewar was in a position which the late John Smith would never have thought possible. He was able to start the devolution process, and worked endlessly on creating the Scotland Act, popularly known as Smith's "unfinished business". The Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c 46 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. When ratified, this was to give Scotland its first Parliament for nearly 300 years. The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral
First Minister of Scotland
The first elections to the Scottish Parliament were held on 6 May 1999, with Dewar leading the Scottish Labour Party against their main opponents, the SNP under Alex Salmond. The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Alexander Elliot Anderson "Alex" Salmond, (ˈsamənd is the First Minister of Scotland, heading a minority Scottish Government. He was elected as the MSP for Glasgow Anniesland. Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP) ( Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ( BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected Glasgow Anniesland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) Although Scottish Labour won the most seats, they did not have a majority in Parliament to allow them to form an Executive without the help of a smaller party. A deal was agreed with the Scottish Liberal Democrats to form a coalition, with Dewar agreeing to their demand for the abolition of up-front tuition fees for university students. The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal structure of the British Liberal Democrats; the others being the English [1]
On 13 May, Dewar was nominated as First Minister, and was officially appointed by the Queen on May 17 at a ceremony in the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, or informally Holyrood Palace, founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the principal residence He later travelled to the Court of Session to be sworn in by the Lord President and receive the Great Seal of Scotland. The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland. It is both a Court of first instance and a court of Appeal and sits exclusively The Great Seal of Scotland ( Seala Mòr na h-Alba in Gaelic) allows the monarch to authorise official documents without having to sign each document individually [2]
On 16 June, Dewar set out the legislative programme for the Executive which included: an Education bill to improve standards in Scottish schools; land reform to give right of access to the countryside, a bill to abolish the feudal system of land tenure; and a bill to establish National Parks in Scotland. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution [3]
Death and funeral
In April 2000, Dewar was admitted to hospital for tests on his heart, following a previous test where a minor irregularity was discovered. [4]. In May 2000, he later had surgery to repair a leaking heart valve, and was forced to take a three month break from Parliament, with Deputy First Minister, Jim Wallace taking over as Acting First Minister. The Deputy First Minister of Scotland is the deputy to the First Minister of Scotland. For other uses see James Wallace. James Robert Wallace Baron Wallace of Tankerness PC QC (born 25 August [5]. He returned to work on 14 August 2000[6]. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures
Dewar dealt with the exams results fiasco and the lorry drivers strike, and attended the Labour party conference in Brighton in September, but at the end of September told the historian Tom Devine in Dublin that if there was no surge of the energy of old, he would have to reappraise the situation within a few months time[7]. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland.
On 10 October 2000 around lunchtime, Dewar sustained a fall. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He seemed fine at first but later that day suffered a massive brain hemorrhage which was possibly triggered by the anticoagulant medication he was taking after the heart surgery. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain An anticoagulant is a substance that prevents coagulation; that is it stops Blood from clotting Donald Dewar died one day later, at 12. 18pm, in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital. The Western General Hospital (often abbreviated to simply "The Western General" at Crewe Road Edinburgh, Scotland is part of NHS Lothian, a He was 63 years old.
Dewar's funeral service was held at Glasgow Cathedral, amid scenes of mourning unknown for a politician in Scotland's largest city. Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow, is today a Church of Scotland Cathedral in Glasgow. He was cremated on 18 October 2000, and his ashes were scattered at Lochgilphead. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Lochgilphead ( Scottish Gaelic Ceann Loch Gilb kʲan̴̪ ɫ̪ɔx ˈg̊ilib̥ is a town and former Burgh in Scotland, with a population
Although he has become something of a political legend, Donald would have abhorred any attempt to turn him into some kind of secular saint. He would have been horrified at a Diana-style out-pouring of synthetic grief at his untimely death. -- Iain MacWhirter, Sunday Herald, October 15, 2000. The Sunday Herald is an award winning Scottish Sunday Newspaper launched on 7 February 1999 Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
Personal life
Despite his early political success, his personal life was less happy. He married Alison Mary McNair on 20 July 1964. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. They had two children together - a daughter, Marion, and a son, Ian. But in 1970 she left him for the Scottish lawyer Derry Irvine. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine Baron Irvine of Lairg, PC, QC (born 23 June 1940 known as Derry Irvine, is a British Lawyer and [8] The two men remained unreconciled, even though they later served in the same Cabinet from May 1997 until 1999, when Dewar left Westminster to become First Minister. In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories 1970 was a black year for Dewar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As well as his wife leaving him, he lost his parliamentary seat in the 1970 general election and was laid up with back trouble. Opinion poll summary ORC (Opinion Research Council Conservative lead of 1%Harris (Express Newspapers Labour lead of 2%NOP He and his wife divorced in 1973 and Dewar never remarried. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
Controversies
One of the first scandals to hit the new Parliament occurred when allegations that the lobbying arm of public relations company Beattie Media had privileged access to ministers were published, prompting Dewar to ask the standards committee to investigate the reports. [9] The Minister for Finance, Jack McConnell, was called to appear before the standards committee during the investigation although he was later cleared of any wrongdoing and the committee declared there was no evidence he had been influenced from lobbying by Beattie Media. Jack Wilson McConnell (born June 30, 1960 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a former First Minister of Scotland, leader of [10]
Dewar also threatened to sack any Minister or aide who briefed the media against another member of the Executive, following public rows between Jack McConnell and the Minister of Health and Community Care, Susan Deacon over the budget allocated to health . The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing commonly referred to as the Health Secretary, is a Cabinet position in the Scottish Government. Susan Deacon (born 2 February 1964, Musselburgh) is a Scottish Labour Party politician and was a MSP for Edinburgh [11]
Legacy
Dewar's work for the Scottish Parliament has led him to be called by some the "Father of the Nation" despite some of the difficulties that the Scottish Parliament has suffered in its early years. Pater Patriae (plural Patres Patriae) also seen as Parens Patriae, is a Latin Honorific meaning " Father
In May 2002, the Prime Minister, Tony Blair unveiled a statue of Dewar at the top of Glasgow's Buchanan Street — and in keeping with his famous unkempt appearance, it showed Dewar wearing a slightly crushed jacket. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Buchanan Street is one of the main shopping thoroughfares in Glasgow, the largest City in Scotland. The statue was taken down in October 2005 to be cleaned and was re-erected on 6 foot high plinth in December of the same year in an effort to protect it. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On the base of the statue were inscribed the opening words of the Scotland Act: There Shall Be A Scottish Parliament, a phrase to which Dewar himself famously said I Like That! .
Dewar notoriously called the Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh a "nationalist shibboleth", mainly because it had been the proposed site of the Scottish Assembly if the 1979 referendum had passed. New Parliament House is a building on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the east of the New Town. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Shibboleth (ˈʃɪbəlɛθ or ˈʃɪbələθ is any practice which is indicative of one's social or regional origin The Scottish Assembly was a proposed Legislature for Scotland that would have devolved a set list of powers from the Parliament of the United The Scottish referendum of 1979 was a post-legislative Referendum to decide whether there was sufficient support for the Scotland Act 1978 among the Scottish Dewar's opposition to the Calton Hill site partly contributed to the selection of the Holyrood site, which proved massively expensive. Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Located immediately to the east of the city centre at the end of the Royal Mile, Holyrood was The Scottish Parliament Building (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site
References
- ^ "PR deal will end councils stranglehold", The Guardian
- ^ "UK Politics- Dewar appointed as first minister", BBC News, May 17, 1999
- ^ Dewar's statement to Parliament, BBC News]
- ^ "Dewar undergoes heart tests", BBC News, 25 April 2000
- ^ "Dewar takes post-op steps", BBC News, 11 May 2000
- ^ "First Minister returns to the fray", BBC News, 14 August 2000
- ^ "Donald Dewar", Electronic Scotland, October 2000
- ^ "Ministers turn their backs on marriage.", The Daily Mail, January 15, 2001. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Retrieved on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli
- ^ "Probe launched into lobbying allegations", BBC News
- ^ "Scotland Standards watchdog clears McConnell" BBC News
- ^ Public Finance- 14/07/2000
Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Lady Tweedsmuir |
Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South 1966–1970 |
Succeeded by Iain Sproat |
| Preceded by William Small |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Garscadden 1978–1997 |
Succeeded by constituency abolished |
| Preceded by new constituency |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Anniesland 1997–2000 |
Succeeded by John Robertson |
| Scottish Parliament | ||
| Preceded by Constituency Created |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Anniesland 1999–2000 |
Succeeded by Bill Butler |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Michael Forsyth |
Secretary of State for Scotland 1997–1999 |
Succeeded by Dr John Reid |
| Preceded by Office Created |
First Minister of Scotland 1999–2000 |
Succeeded by Henry McLeish |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Office Created |
Leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament 1999–2000 |
Succeeded by Henry McLeish |
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