Frank McAveety

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Frank McAveety (born 27 June 1962) is a Scottish Labour Co-operative Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston.

He was educated at All Saints Secondary School, Glasgow, at the University of Strathclyde, and at St. Andrew's College of Education in Glasgow.

Before his election to the Scottish Parliament, he taught English at St Gregory's RC school (Cranhill) in Glasgow and St Brendan's RC High School, Linwood, Renfrewshire. He was a member of Glasgow District Council from 1988 until 1996, then a member and Leader (from 1997) of Glasgow City Council until 1999.

He was Deputy Minister for Local Government in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2000. He returned to office as Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care in May 2002. He was appointed Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport following the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003. Frank was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament May 3, 2007. He serves as convener of the Public Petitions Committee and is the Labour Party's spokesperson on sport.

He is a Celtic supporter from childhood, and is known for his knowledge of music, including a massive collection of LPs, cassettes, and CDs. In April 2005, the Scotsman newspaper dubbed him the "grand-daddy of Parliamentary pop", in reference to his folksy Chamber speech in support of a bill recognising Franz Ferdinand for their contribution to Scottish popular music and culture.

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Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Constituency Created	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston 1999 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Mike Watson	Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 2003–2004	Succeeded by Patricia Ferguson
Preceded by Hugh Henry	Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care 2002–2003	Succeeded by Tom McCabe
Preceded by Office Created	Deputy Minister for Local Government 1999–2000	Succeeded by Office Abolished

Frank McAveety
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