Charlie Gordon

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This article is about the politician, for the fictional character Charlie Gordon, see Flowers for Algernon.

Charles Gordon (born October 28, 1951, Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart.

Gordon was elected to the Strathclyde Regional Council in 1987 and remained a councillor until 1996, when Strathclyde Regional Council was abolished. He was President of the P.O.L.I.S. Network (Promoting Operational Links for Integrated Services) of European Cities and Regions applying information technology to transport, from 1992 - 1995. In 1995 he was elected to the new Glasgow City Council where he was Roads Convenor. He was Chair of the new Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority from 1996 to 1999 and was elected Deputy Leader of Glasgow City Council in 1997.

In 1999, he became Leader of Glasgow City Council, an office which he held until 2005. As Leader of Glasgow City Council he announced a project to regenerate of the Clyde waterfront.

In 2005, following the resignation of Mike Watson as the MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Charlie was selected as the candidate and on 29 September 2005 won the by-election by 2,405 votes from the SNP candidate Maire Whitehead.

Gordon is also a trade unionist starting off in the Woodworkers’ Union before becoming a branch and district official in the National Union of Railwaymen/RMT. He is a former President of Glasgow Trades Council and is currently a member of the GMB union.

Gordon has two adult sons from his first marriage and a baby son, Calum, with his wife Emma.

He was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament at the 2007 election.

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Re-Elect Charlie Gordon Website - 2007 Scottish Parliament Elections
• £1B to Turn Clyde Fortunes, BBC News , 25 February 2002
• Scottish Parliament biography
• Cathcart by-election candidates
• City council leader to step aside, BBC News, 19 April 2005
• Labour victory in Cathcart Seat, BBC News , 30 September 2005
• Will New MSP Charlie Still Be The Voice Of Glasgow?, Evening Times , 30 September 2005
• Newest MSP takes up Holyrood Post, BBC News , 5 October 2005
• Holyrood Week, Brian Currie
• Evening Times letters page
• Scotland: Lack of Enterprise, BBC News , 19 June 2006

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Mike Watson	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart 2005 – present	Incumbent

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Glasgow region Elected in the 2007 election Labour (9 seats), SNP (5 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Lib Dems (1 seat), Greens (1 seat) Constituency MSPs Bill Butler (Lab, Glasgow Anniesland) • Margaret Curran (Lab, Glasgow Baillieston) • Charlie Gordon (Lab, Glasgow Cathcart) • Nicola Sturgeon (SNP, Glasgow Govan) • Pauline McNeill (Lab, Glasgow Kelvin) • Patricia Ferguson (Lab, Glasgow Maryhill) • Johann Lamont (Lab, Glasgow Pollok) • James Kelly (Lab, Glasgow Rutherglen) • Frank McAveety (Lab, Glasgow Shettleston) •Paul Martin (Lab, Glasgow Springburn) Additional Members Bashir Ahmad (SNP) • Bill Aitken (Con) • Robert Brown (Lib Dem) • Bob Doris (SNP) • Patrick Harvie (Green) • Bill Kidd (SNP) • Sandra White (SNP)

v • d • e Scottish Labour MSPs Elected in the 2007 election Wendy Alexander · Jackie Baillie · Claire Baker · Richard Baker · Sarah Boyack · Rhona Brankin · Bill Butler · Malcolm Chisholm · Cathie Craigie · Margaret Curran · Helen Eadie · Patricia Ferguson · George Foulkes · Karen Gillon · Marlyn Glen · Trish Godman · Charlie Gordon · Rhoda Grant · Iain Gray · Hugh Henry · Cathy Jamieson · James Kelly · Andy Kerr · Johann Lamont · Marilyn Livingstone · Lewis Macdonald · Ken Macintosh · Paul Martin · Frank McAveety · Tom McCabe · Jack McConnell · Michael McMahon · Duncan McNeil · Pauline McNeill · Des McNulty · Mary Mulligan · Elaine Murray · Irene Oldfather · John Park · Peter Peacock · Cathy Peattie · Richard Simpson · Elaine Smith · David Stewart · Karen Whitefield · David Whitton