Gordon was a

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of the

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. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the

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method of election. It was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of

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for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

At the time of this constituency the other eight constituencies of the North East Scotland region were; Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South, Angus, Banff and Buchan, Dundee East, Dundee West and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine The electoral region covered

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, Aberdeen City, Dundee City; part of Angus; and small parts of

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and

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Constituency boundaries

The Gordon constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in

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, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In

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, however, the boundaries of the Westminster (

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) constituency were subject to some alteration.

Council areas

The Scottish Parliament constituency of Gordon covered a central portion of the Aberdeenshire council area and a small eastern portion of the Moray council area. The rest of the Aberdeenshire area was covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Banff and Buchan to the north of the Gordon constituency, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine to the south. The rest of the Moray area was covered by the

constituency, which is in the Highlands and Islands region.

Boundary Review

Following their First Periodic review of constituencies to the Scottish Parliament, the

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replaced Gordon with the seat called Aberdeenshire East._east.pdf Aberdeenshire East
BCS

Member of the Scottish Parliament

The seat was represented since the 2007 election by Alex Salmond, the First Minister. He was previously MSP for Banff and Buchan from 1999 until resigning in 2001; he also represented the Westminster seat of Banff and Buchan from 1987 until retiring from the UK Parliament in 2010.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon (Scottish Parliament Constituency) Politics of Aberdeenshire Politics of Moray Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011 1999 establishments in Scotland Constituencies established in 1999 2011 disestablishments in Scotland Constituencies disestablished in 2011 Ellon, Aberdeenshire Turriff Huntly Inverurie Keith, Moray Alex Salmond