Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)

Gordon MacDonald (born 2 January 1960) is a Scottish politician, currently the Scottish National Party MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands.

He was born in Glasgow and educated at Cumbernauld High School, the Central College of Commerce and the Glasgow College of Technology.^[1]

MacDonald contested the seat of Edinburgh Pentlands in the Scottish Parliament general election, 2011, and defeated the Conservative incumbent David McLetchie by a margin of 1,758 votes.^[2] Prior to the election he worked as a management accountant for Lothian Buses (1989-2011).^[1]

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Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Lothians region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	Angela Constance (SNP, Almond Valley) Marco Biagi (SNP, Edinburgh Central) Kenny MacAskill (SNP, Edinburgh Eastern) Malcolm Chisholm (Lab, Edinburgh Northern and Leith) Gordon MacDonald (SNP, Edinburgh Pentlands) Jim Eadie (SNP, Edinburgh Southern) Colin Keir (SNP, Edinburgh Western) Fiona Hyslop (SNP, Linlithgow) Colin Beattie (SNP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh)

Additional members	Gavin Brown (Con) Sarah Boyack (Lab) Kezia Dugdale (Lab) Neil Findlay (Lab) Alison Johnstone (Green) Margo MacDonald (Ind) David McLetchie (Con)

SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (2 seats), Greens (1 seat), Independent (1 seat)

Elected in the 2011 election

Former SNP MSPs