Richard Simpson (politician)
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Dr Richard Simpson (born 1942, Edinburgh) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Ochil constituency from 1999 to 2003.
A GP and psychiatrist prior to his election, he was made a deputy minister when Jack McConnell became First Minister in 2001. He resigned from the government in 2002 after referring to striking firemen as "fascists - the kind of people who supported Mussolini". [1]
In the 2003 election he was defeated by George Reid of the Scottish National Party.
[edit] External links
- Richard Simpson MSP biography at the Scottish Parliament website
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