Elaine Murray
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire Dumfries (1999-2011) |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 5 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Mundell |
| Majority | 3,170 (9.9%) |
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22 December 1954 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Residence | Dumfries |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Member of the Scottish Parliament |
Elaine Kildare Murray (born 22 December 1954, Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a Scottish Labour politician, and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire (previously Dumfries) since 1999. At the 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections, Murray increased her percentage share of the vote. She was currently Shadow Minister for the Environment in the Scottish Parliament. She lost her seat in 2016.
Murray was born in 1954 in Hertfordshire, where her Scottish parents lived at the time. She was brought up in Edinburgh where she was a pupil at The Mary Erskine School and obtained an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Edinburgh University and a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Cambridge.
After graduating from Cambridge, Murray first worked in scientific research and was from 1990-93 was an associate lecturer for the Open University. She worked for Alex Smith, Member of the European Parliament. In 1994 Murray was elected as a Councillor on Strathclyde Regional Council and in 1995 to South Ayrshire Council, where she was Convenor of Educational Services.
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