Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston
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| The Right Honourable The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC |
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| In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
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| Preceded by | Mo Mowlam |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
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| In office 29 July 1999 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Helen Liddell |
| Succeeded by | John Spellar |
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| Born | 1940 Larkhall, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
Angus John "Gus" Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, CBE, PC (born 1940 in Larkhall, Scotland), is a member of the House of Lords, taking the Labour Party Whip.
Educated at Allan Glen's School, Glasgow. Careers as an engineer in the shipbuilding industry, in the media as a journalist on The Scotsman and as producer/presenter on ITV and Channel 4. Returned to Scotland in 1986 as Director of Programmes for Scottish Television becoming Managing Director in 1990 and Chair of Scottish Media Group plc at the end of 1997,[1] and of Taylor and Francis plc. Elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, in the City of Glasgow on 2 October 1998.
He served in the UK Government as:
- Minister for Business and Industry in the Scottish Office (1998–99)
- Minister for Transport in the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions, in attendance at cabinet (1999–2001)
- Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (2001–03)
Member of Cabinet Office Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. Also member of House of Lords' Select Committees on Economic Affairs (2004-2008), and Communications (2009-).Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. On Steering Group of OECD Futures Programme on Infrastructure and Advisory Board of OECD International Transport Forum.
Lord Macdonald was installed as Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in October 2007, succeeding the late Magnus Magnusson.
Member of the Council (2006-2008) and of Court (2009-) at the University of Sussex.
Patron, Dystonia Society [2].
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 8 October 1998.
[edit] Publications
- "Camera: A Victorian Eyewitness", B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1979, ISBN 0 7134 2095 2
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| Preceded by Mo Mowlam |
Minister for the Cabinet Office 2001–2003 |
Succeeded by Douglas Alexander |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2001–2003 |
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| Preceded by Magnus Magnusson |
Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University 2007–present |
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