Gordon Matheson

Gordon Matheson
Leader of Glasgow City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2010
Preceded by	Jim Coleman (interim)
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Political party	Scottish Labour
Domestic partner	Stephen Wallace
Residence	Glasgow

Gordon Matheson is a Scottish Labour Party politician and the leader of Glasgow City Council.

Educated at Glasgow and Strathclyde universities, he was first elected to the city council in 1999. Re-elected in 2003 and 2007, he represents the Anderston/City ward. He served as the council treasurer before being elected leader in May 2010.^[1]

He is openly gay; his partner is Stephen Wallace.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Brown, Craig (2010-05-11). "Glasgow votes in new leader … but Steven Purcell scandal refuses to disappear". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). http://news.scotsman.com/news/Glasgow--votes-in-new.6285375.jp. Retrieved 2010-05-11. 

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Name	Matheson, Gordon
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