Alasdair Morgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 10 May 2007 – 22 March 2011 Serving with Trish Godman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presiding Officer | Alex Fergusson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Murray Tosh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 22 September 1990 – 22 September 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Alex Salmond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alex Salmond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jim Sillars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 April 1945 Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Scottish National Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Anne Gilfillan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow Open University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Teacher, Computer programmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alasdair Neil Morgan[1] (born 21 April 1945) is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party from 1990 to 1991 and served in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1997 to 2001. He was elected in 1999 as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale. From 2003 to 2011, he served as a member for the South of Scotland region.
Morgan was a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2007 to 2011. He was an Electoral Commissioner from 2014 to 2022.