Alex Fergusson (Scottish politician)

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Alex Fergusson
Alex Fergusson (Scottish politician)
Incumbent
Assumed office 
14 May 2007
Preceded by George Reid
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born April 8, 1949 (1949-04-08) (age 58)
Leswalt, Wigtownshire
Political party Conservative

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.

As 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.[1] As the office is non-partisan, he had to take voluntary suspension from his political party the Conservatives.

He is the Honorary President of English-Speaking Union Scotland

  1. ^ MSPs elect new presiding officer, BBC News, May 14 2007


Scottish Parliament
Preceded by
Alasdair Morgan		 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
2003 – present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
George Reid		 Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
2007 – present		 Incumbent
Order of precedence in Scotland
Preceded by
The Rt. Hon Alex Salmond MP MSP		 Order of Precedence
(gentlemen)
(Scotland)		 Succeeded by
The Rt. Hon. Des Browne MP


v • d • e
Scottish Conservative Party MSPs


v • d • e
Flag of Scotland     Members of the Scottish Parliament in the South of Scotland region

Elected in the 2007 election

Labour (5 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (4 seats), Lib Dems (2 seats)

Constituency MSPs
John Scott (Con, Ayr) • Cathy Jamieson (Lab, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) • Karen Gillon (Lab, Clydesdale) • Irene Oldfather (Lab, Cunninghame South) • Elaine Murray (Lab, Dumfries) • Iain Gray (Lab, East Lothian) • Alex Fergusson (Presiding Officer, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) • John Lamont (Con, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) • Jeremy Purvis (Lib Dem, Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale)

Additional Members
Derek Brownlee (Con) • Aileen Campbell (SNP) • Christine Grahame (SNP) • Jim Hume (Lib Dem) • Adam Ingram (SNP) • Alasdair Morgan (SNP) • Mike Russell (SNP)


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