Albert McQuarrie

Albert McQuarrie

Sir Albert McQuarrie [ [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/familyhomepage.aspx?FID=0&FN=MCQUARRIE Burke's Peerage] , from Burke's Peerage & Gentry, retrieved May 30 2008] (born 1 January 1918) is a former British Conservative politician.

McQuarrie was educated at Greenock High School and the Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow. He became a design consultant and served as a councillor on Greenock Town Council 1949-55.

Parliamentary career

McQuarrie contested Kilmarnock in 1966.He was Member of Parliament for East Aberdeenshire from 1979 to 1983, gaining the seat from the Scottish National Party's Douglas Henderson with a majority of only 937. He was then MP for Banff and Buchan from 1983 to 1987, when he lost his seat to future SNP leader Alex Salmond.

In the House of Commons he was Chairman of the British Gibraltar All Party Group.

References


*"The Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966 & 1987
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