Lewis Macdonald | |||||||||||||||||
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 Macdonald in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament | |||||||||||||||||
| Interim 1 April 2020 – 14 May 2021 Serving with Linda Fabiani and Christine Grahame | |||||||||||||||||
| Presiding Officer | Ken Macintosh | ||||||||||||||||
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| Convener of the Health and Sport Committee | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 December 2017 – 4 May 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Neil Findlay | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gillian Martin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Scottish Labour portfolios | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Chief Whip of the Scottish Labour Party | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Sport, Tourism and External Affairs | ||||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Roderick Lewis Macdonald 1 January 1957 Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Scottish Labour | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Sandra Macdonald | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen | ||||||||||||||||
Roderick Lewis Macdonald (born 1 January 1957) is a Scottish politician who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region between 2011 and 2021. A member of Scottish Labour, he previously represented the Aberdeen Central constituency from 1999 to 2011. He was a deputy Scottish Executive minister from 2001 to 2007.