Alex Fergusson (Scottish politician)

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order = 3rd
office = Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
term_start = 14 May 2007
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predecessor = George Reid
successor = Incumbent
constituency_MP2 = Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
parliament2 = Scottish
majority2 = 3,333 (11.0%)
term_start2 = 1 May 2003
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predecessor2 = Alasdair Morgan
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birth_place = Wigtownshire
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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.

Born in rural Wigtownshire in the conservative South of Scotland, he was educated at Britain's most famous school, Eton. From 1971 until 1999 he ran a farm, andas 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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6651901.stm MSPs elect new presiding officer] , BBC News, May 14 2007] 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

References

External links

* [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/alex_fergusson/ Alex Fergusson MSP] profile at Scottish Parliament site
* [http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&PersonID=34617 Alex Fergusson MSP] profile at the site of the Conservative Party
* [http://www.alexfergusson.org.uk/content.asp?page=2 Alex Fergusson MSP] profile at personal website
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6651661.stm Alex Fergusson, countryside man] , BBC profile