Fergus Ewing

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office =Minister for Community Safety
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firstminister = Alex Salmond
predecessor =Johann Lamont
(as Deputy Minister for Justice)

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

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.

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 [ [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-00/or070502.htm#Col601 Official Report; c 601] , "Scottish Parliament", 21 June 2000] 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.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/fergus_ewing/index.htm Fergus Ewing MSP] Biography at Scottish Parliament website
* [http://www.snp.org/people/parliamentarians/fergus-ewing-msp Fergus Ewing MSP] Biography at SNP website
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