Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)

Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)

Gordon MacDonald (born 2 January 1960) is a Scottish politician, currently the Scottish National Party MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands.

He was born in Glasgow and educated at Cumbernauld High School, the Central College of Commerce and the Glasgow College of Technology.[1]

MacDonald contested the seat of Edinburgh Pentlands in the Scottish Parliament general election, 2011, and defeated the Conservative incumbent David McLetchie by a margin of 1,758 votes.[2] Prior to the election he worked as a management accountant for Lothian Buses (1989-2011).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Chris Marshall and Carla Gray (7 May 2011). "Scottish Parliament election: Profiles of the candidates elected to serve in Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News. http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Scottish-Parliament-election-Profiles-of.6764169.jp. Retrieved 7 May 2011. 
  2. ^ BBC News - Election Results - Edinburgh Pentlands

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v · d · eMembers of the Scottish Parliament in the Lothians region Flag of Scotland
Elected in the 2011 election
Constituency MSPs
Angela Constance (SNP, Almond Valley)  · Marco Biagi (SNP, Edinburgh Central) · Kenny MacAskill (SNP, Edinburgh Eastern) · Malcolm Chisholm (Lab, Edinburgh Northern and Leith) · Gordon MacDonald (SNP, Edinburgh Pentlands) · Jim Eadie (SNP, Edinburgh Southern) · Colin Keir (SNP, Edinburgh Western) · Fiona Hyslop (SNP, Linlithgow) · Colin Beattie (SNP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh)
Additional Members
Gavin Brown (Con) · Sarah Boyack (Lab) · Kezia Dugdale (Lab) · Neil Findlay (Lab) · Alison Johnstone (Green) · Margo MacDonald (Ind) · David McLetchie (Con)
SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Greens (1 seat), Independent (1 seat)
v · d · eScottish National Party MSPs

Elected in the 2011 election
Brian Adam · George Adam · Clare Adamson · Alasdair Allan · Colin Beattie · Marco Biagi · Chic Brodie · Keith Brown · Margaret Burgess · Aileen Campbell · Roderick Campbell · Willie Coffey · Angela Constance · Bruce Crawford · Roseanna Cunningham · Graeme Dey · Nigel Don · Bob Doris · James Dornan · Jim Eadie · Annabelle Ewing · Fergus Ewing · Linda Fabiani · John Finnie · Joe FitzPatrick · Kenneth Gibson · Rob Gibson · Christine Grahame · Jamie Hepburn · Fiona Hyslop · Adam Ingram · Colin Keir · Bill Kidd · Richard Lochhead · Richard Lyle · Kenny MacAskill · Angus MacDonald · Gordon MacDonald · Derek Mackay · Mike MacKenzie · John Mason · Michael Matheson · Stewart Maxwell · Joan McAlpine · Mark McDonald · Christina McKelvie · Aileen McLeod · Fiona McLeod · Stuart McMillan · Alex Neil · Gil Paterson · Dennis Robertson · Shona Robison · Michael Russell · Alex Salmond · Stewart Stevenson · Kevin Stewart · Nicola Sturgeon · John Swinney · David Thompson · David Torrance · Jean Urquhart · Bill Walker · Maureen Watt · Paul Wheelhouse · Sandra White · John Wilson · Humza Yousaf

Former SNP MSPs

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