Margaret Ewing

Margaret Ewing
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Moray
In office 6 May 1999 – 21 March 2006
Preceded by	New Parliament
Succeeded by	Richard Lochhead
Member of the UK Parliament for Moray
In office 11 June 1987 – 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Alexander Pollock
Succeeded by	Angus Robertson
Member of the UK Parliament for East Dunbartonshire
In office 10 October 1974 – 3 May 1979
Preceded by	Barry Henderson
Succeeded by	Norman Hogg
Personal details
Born	Margaret Anne McAdam 1 September 1945(1945-09-01) Lanark, Lanarkshire
Died	21 March 2006(2006-03-21) (aged 60) Lossiemouth, Morayshire
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Fergus Ewing
Alma mater	University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde

Margaret Anne Ewing (née McAdam; 1 September 1945 - 21 March 2006) was a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) and as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). She was a candidate for the SNP leadership election in 1990.

Career

She attended the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde, and was a teacher before being elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire at the October 1974 election, by just 22 votes, when she was known as Margaret Bain. At one point she burst into tears in the House of Commons when a devolution proposal was defeated. With the downturn in SNP electoral fortunes at the 1979 Election she lost her seat in the House of Commons. She unsuccessfully contested the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency at the 1983 Election.

She then worked as a freelance journalist before being re-elected to Westminster at the 1987 election to represent Moray, by which time she was known as Margaret Ewing. She held this seat until standing down at the 2001 general election to concentrate on Holyrood. She stood for the leadership of the SNP in 1990 but lost out to Alex Salmond despite the backing of many prominent SNP members (such as Jim Sillars).

In 1999, at the first Scottish Parliament Election she was returned to represent Moray. She was returned again in 2003.

In August 2005 she had announced that she was not seeking reelection in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections. The SNP comfortably retained her vacant seat at the by-election which took place on 27 April 2006.

Death

She died from breast cancer, aged 60, on 21 March 2006.

Family

She was married twice: firstly to Donald Bain in 1968 (divorced 1980) and secondly to fellow MSP Fergus Ewing in 1983, who is the son of Winnie Ewing.

External links

• SNP tribute page
• SNP veteran Margaret Ewing dies (BBC)
• Times obituary
• Independent obituary
• Guardian obituary
• Telegraph obituary

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Barry Henderson	Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire Oct 1974–1979	Succeeded by Norman Hogg
Preceded by Alexander Pollock	Member of Parliament for Moray 1987–2001	Succeeded by Angus Robertson
Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Moray 1999–2006	Succeeded by Richard Lochhead
Preceded by Jim Fairlie	Senior Vice Chairman (Deputy Leader) of the Scottish National Party 1984–87	Succeeded by Alex Salmond

Persondata
Name	Ewing, Margaret
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Short description
Date of birth	1 September 1945
Place of birth
Date of death	21 March 2006
Place of death