Irene McGugan (born 1952) is a
Scottish
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politician
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. She was a
Scottish National Party
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(SNP)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
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(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. However her number four position on the SNP North East Scotland list was enough to take her to
Holyrood. She was the SNP's deputy party spokesperson on Education and Young People from June 2001, replacing
John Swinney
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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.
References
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1952 births
Living people
People from Angus, Scotland
Scottish National Party MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
Female members of the Scottish Parliament
20th-century Scottish women politicians
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