Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)

Gordon MacDonald MSP


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2011
Preceded by	David McLetchie
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-02) 2 January 1960 Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Alma mater	Glasgow College of Technology
Website	www.gordonmacdonaldmsp.info

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] Before being elected as a MSP he had worked as a management accountant for Lothian Buses from 1989 to 2011.^[1]

References

1 2 "MSPs: Current MSPs: Gordon MacDonald: Personal Information". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
↑ BBC News - Election Results - Edinburgh Pentlands

External links

Biography page at the Scottish Parliament
Gordon MacDonald constituency website
Local SNP website covering Gordon MacDonald's constituency, Edinburgh Pentlands

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)

Scottish National Party MSPs

Cabinet Secretaries	Nicola Sturgeon John Swinney Angela Constance Michael Matheson Keith Brown Richard Lochhead Shona Robison Roseanna Cunningham Fiona Hyslop Alex Neil

Ministers	Fergus Ewing Joe FitzPatrick Derek Mackay Annabelle Ewing Aileen Campbell Alasdair Allan Maureen Watt Jamie Hepburn Marco Biagi Margaret Burgess Paul Wheelhouse Humza Yousaf Aileen McLeod

Backbench	George Adam Clare Adamson Christian Allard Colin Beattie Chic Brodie Roderick Campbell Willie Coffey Bruce Crawford Graeme Dey Nigel Don Bob Doris James Dornan Jim Eadie Linda Fabiani Kenneth Gibson Rob Gibson Christine Grahame Adam Ingram Colin Keir Bill Kidd Richard Lyle Kenny MacAskill Angus MacDonald Gordon MacDonald Mike MacKenzie John Mason Stewart Maxwell Joan McAlpine Mark McDonald Christina McKelvie Fiona McLeod Stuart McMillan Gil Paterson Dennis Robertson Michael Russell Alex Salmond Stewart Stevenson Kevin Stewart Dave Thompson David Torrance Sandra White

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