Irene McGugan | |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 31 March 2003 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Angus, Scotland |
Political party | Scottish National Party |
Irene McGugan (born 1952) is a Scottish politician. She was a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003.
In the 1999 election she stood as a constituency candidate in Aberdeen South, finishing fourth.[1] However her number four position on the SNP North East Scotland list was enough to take her to Holyrood.[2] She was the SNP's deputy party spokesperson on Education and Young People from June 2001,[3] replacing John Swinney who became party leader.
She contested the seat of Dundee West in the 2003 election, where she narrowly lost to the Labour incumbent Kate Maclean.[4]