Jackie Baillie
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Jackie Baillie MSP |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumbarton |
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Assumed office 6 May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Majority | 109 (0.3%) |
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15 January 1964 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | husband (separated) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Residence | Dumbarton |
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St Anne's Independent Girls' School Cumbernauld College Strathclyde University Glasgow University |
Jacqueline Marie Baillie (born 15 January 1964, Hong Kong) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament and Labour's Economy, Fair Work and Jobs spokesperson.
Baillie was born on 15 January 1964 in Hong Kong to Sophie and Frank Baillie. Her mother is Scottish and her father Portuguese. She attended the private St Anne's School, Windermere in the Lake District. She studied at Cumbernauld College, Strathclyde University and the University of Glasgow.
She married Stephen Baillie in 1982. Baillie lives in Dumbarton with her daughter.
Baillie has been a resource centre manager at Strathkelvin District Council and a community economic development manager at East Dunbartonshire Council. She was chair of the Scottish Labour Party in 1997.
She was first elected at the inaugural election for the Scottish Parliament in May 1999. She was re-elected in 2003. A member of the Scottish Parliament's Justice 2 Committee and Public Petitions Committee, she was previously a member of the Scottish Executive, serving as Minister for Social Justice when Henry McLeish was First Minister, during which time she was involved with the Homelessness Task Force.
As a backbench MSP she has campaigned for a public inquiry into a lethal outbreak of Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital. In 2007 she defended Wendy Alexander on Newsnight Scotland during the controversy regarding illegal donations to Alexander's leadership campaign.
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