Andrew Welsh (politician)

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Andrew Welsh MSP
SNP Deputy Convener Local Government and Transport Committee, Scottish Parliament
Constituency	Angus (Scottish Parliament)
Majority	(2003) 6,687 (44.48%)
Born	Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Residence	Angus, Scotland
Religion	Church of Scotland
Website	[1]

Andrew Paton Welsh (born 1944, in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician. He was educated at Govan High School and Glasgow University.

Andrew Welsh was the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituencies Angus South from 1974 to 1979, Angus East from 1987 to 1997 and Angus from 1997 to 2001.

From 1984 until 1987, he served as the Provost of Angus, the leader of Angus District Council and served on the Governing Court of the University of Dundee. Before being re-elected to the House of Commons at the 1987 General Election, he worked as a Senior Lecturer in Business Administration at Arbroath College in Angus.

He is now the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Angus where he was the longest serving member on the Scottish Parliament's Corporate Body until January 2006.

A fluent speaker of French and Chinese, he is an elder of the Church of Scotland in Arbroath, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

[edit] Previous positions

• SNP spokesperson, local government, housing and education (1997 - 2005)
• SNP chief whip (1989 - 1997)
• SNP chief whip (1978 - 1979)
• SNP deputy chief whip (1976 - 1977)
• SNP spokesperson, agriculture (1976 - 1979)
• SNP spokesperson, self-employed and small businesses (1975 - 1979)
• SNP spokesperson, local government (1974 - 1978)
• SNP spokesperson, housing (1974 - 1978)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Jock Bruce-Gardyne	Member for Angus South 1974–1979	Succeeded by Peter Fraser
Preceded by Peter Fraser	Member for Angus East 1987–1997	Succeeded by constituency abolished
Preceded by constituency created	Member for Angus 1997–2001	Succeeded by Michael Weir