Margaret Curran (politician)
| Margaret Curran | |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Ann McKechin |
| Succeeded by | Ian Murray |
| Minister for Parliamentary Business | |
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In office 4 October 2004 – 17 May 2007 |
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| First Minister | Jack McConnell |
| Preceded by | Patricia Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Crawford |
| Minister for Communities | |
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In office 21 May 2003 – 4 October 2004 |
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| First Minister | Jack McConnell |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Chisholm |
| Minister for Social Justice | |
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In office 9 May 2002 – 21 May 2003 |
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| First Minister | Jack McConnell |
| Preceded by | Iain Gray |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow East |
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In office 6 May 2010 – 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Mason |
| Succeeded by | Natalie McGarry |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 November 1958 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Rab Murray |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Margaret Patricia Curran (born 24 November 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 to 2015 and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. She was previously Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive, including Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Social Justice and Minister for Communities.
Curran was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Irish parents. She was educated at Our Lady and St Francis School in Glasgow.
Curran attended the University of Glasgow, where she graduated with a degree in History and Economic History in 1981. She first became politically active in the Glasgow University Labour Club in the late 1970s, where she was associated with Johann Lamont and Sarah Boyack. She held several posts in Labour student politics, including secretary and vice-chair of Glasgow University Labour Club, and chair and secretary of the Scottish Organisation of Labour Students. She was involved in the unsuccessful campaign to elect Hortensia Allende as Rector of Glasgow University in 1977.
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