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Alasdair Morgan

Alasdair Morgan
Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party
In office
22 September 1990 – September 1991
Leader Alex Salmond
Preceded by Alex Salmond
Succeeded by Jim Sillars
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for South of Scotland
In office
1 May 2003 – 22 March 2011
Preceded by Michael Russell
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
In office
6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003
Preceded by new constituency
Succeeded by Alex Fergusson
Member of Parliament
for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
In office
1 May 1997 – 7 June 2001
Preceded by Ian Lang
Succeeded by Peter Duncan
Personal details
Born (1945-04-21) 21 April 1945 (age 71)
Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland
Political party Scottish National Party
Spouse(s) Anne Gilfillan
Children 2
Alma mater University of Glasgow
Open University
Profession Teacher, Computer programmer
Website www.amorgan.org.uk

Alasdair Neil Morgan (born 21 April 1945) is a Scottish politician. He was Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party from 1990 to 1991 and a Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1997 to 2001. He was elected in 1999 as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale. From 2003 to 2011 he served as a member for the South of Scotland region.

Morgan was a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2007 to 2011. He is currently an Electoral Commissioner.

Morgan was born in Aberfeldy and was educated at Breadalbane Academy and the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1968 with a MA Honours degree in mathematics and political economy. From 1971 to 1974 he worked as a mathematics teacher at Linlithgow Academy and subsequently Douglas Ewart High School. He graduated from the Open University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990.


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