Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Michie of Gallanach |
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| Member of Parliament for Argyll and Bute |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | John Mackay |
| Succeeded by | Alan Reid |
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Janet Ray Bannerman 4 February 1934 Balmaha, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 6 May 2008 (aged 74) Oban, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Iain Michie |
| Residence | Oban, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh College of Speech Therapy |
Janet Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach (née Bannerman; 4 February 1934 – 6 May 2008) was a British speech therapist and Liberal Democrat politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Argyll and Bute for 14 years, from 1987 to 2001, and then became a life peer in the House of Lords. She was the first peer to pledge the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic.
Janet Ray Bannerman was born in the Old Manse, Balmaha, on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond in Stirlingshire, the second of the four children of John Bannerman (later Lord Bannerman of Kildonan) and his wife, Ray.
Her father was a farm manager to the Duke of Montrose, a former Scotland rugby player and Liberal politician. In her youth, she spoke at political meetings while waiting for her father to arrive. He fought Argyll at the 1945 general election, and Inverness at the 1950 general election. He surprised many by narrowly losing the Inverness by-election, 1954, coming close again at the general elections in 1951 and 1955. He fought, and narrowly lost, the Paisley by-election, 1961, and fought Paisley again at the 1964 general election, before becoming a life peer in December 1967.
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