Margaret Anne EWING

Background

EWING, Margaret Anne was born on September 1, 1945 in Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom. Daughter of John McAdam and Margaret Jamieson Cuthbert McAdam (née Lamb).

Education

University of Glasgow, Master of Arts, history, English, 1967. University of Strathclyde, Bachelor of Arts, economic history, 1973. Spoken languages: French, German.

Career

Ewing was Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party from 1984 to 1987 and leader of the Scottish National Party parliamentary group in the House of Commons from 1987 to 1999. She was a candidate for the Scottish National Party leadership in 1990. She was an English teacher at Street Modan"s High School in Stirling from 1970 to 1973, before serving as principal teacher of remedial education from 1973 to 1974.

At one point she burst into tears in the House of Commons when a devolution proposal was defeated.

With the downturn in Scottish National Party electoral fortunes at the 1979 Election she lost her seat in the House of Commons. She unsuccessfully contested the Strathkelvin and Bearsden constituency at the 1983 Election.

She then worked as a freelance journalist before being re-elected to Westminster at the 1987 election to represent Moray, by which time she was known as Margaret Ewing. She held this seat until standing down at the 2001 general election to concentrate on Holyrood.

She stood for the leadership of the Scottish National Party in 1990 but lost out to Alex Salmond despite the backing of many prominent Scottish National Party members (such as Jim Sillars).

In 1999, at the first Scottish Parliament Election she was returned to represent Moray. She was returned again in 2003. In August 2005 she had announced that she was not seeking reelection in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections.

The Scottish National Party comfortably retained her vacant seat at the by-election which took place on 27 April 2006.

She died from breast cancer, aged 60, on 21 March 2006.

Achievements

• She joined the Scottish National Party in 1966 and was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for East Dunbartonshire at the October 1974 election, by just 22 votes, when she was known as Margaret Bain. She had failed to win the seat at the previous election in February.

Religion

Christian

Membership

47th United Kingdom Parliament. 50th United Kingdom Parliament. 51st United Kingdom Parliament.

52nd United Kingdom Parliament]

She served as a Scottish National Party (Scottish National Party) Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire from 1974 to 1979 and Moray from 1987 to 2001, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Moray from 1999 until 2006.

Interests

• Recreations: gardening, reading. Scottish selfgovernment, education, social services.

Connections

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sister-in-law:

Annabelle Ewing