Alex Fergusson (Scottish politician)
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The Right Honourable Sir Alex Fergusson |
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| 3rd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |
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In office 14 May 2007 – 11 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | George Reid |
| Succeeded by | Tricia Marwick |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Galloway and West Dumfries Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (2003–2011) |
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In office 1 May 2003 – 23 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Alasdair Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Finlay Carson |
| Majority | 3,333 (11.0%)(2007 election) |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for South of Scotland |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 |
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8 April 1949 Leswalt, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Scottish Conservative Party |
| Spouse(s) | Merryn Fergusson |
| Children | Iain Dougal Christopher |
| Residence | near Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire |
| Profession | Farmer |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
| Website |
www.alexfergusson.org.uk www.scottish.parliament.uk |
Sir Alexander Charles Onslow Fergusson (born 8 April 1949) is a Scottish Conservative politician, was a Member of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2016, and served as the 3rd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2007 till 2011.
He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999, first for the South of Scotland region between 1999 and 2003, and since 2003 for the Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency. Prior to his election as Presiding Officer he sat as a member of the Scottish Conservative Party; a position he has resumed since the 2011 election.
Born in Leswalt, in rural Wigtownshire, he was educated at Eton College from 1962 to 1966. He spent two years in New Zealand after leaving school, mainly involved in agricultural work and returned to complete an ONDA in Agriculture at the Scottish Agricultural College at Auchincruive before taking over the family farm in 1971, in the South Ayrshire village of Barr, after a short spell as a Farm Management Consultant.
He ran this hill farm, rearing cattle and sheep, until his election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Until the advent of the Parliament, Fergusson says he was not involved in politics to any great extent.
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