Mary Mulligan
Mary Mulligan | |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Linlithgow | |
In office 9 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 | |
Preceded by | new constituency |
Succeeded by | Fiona Hyslop |
Majority | 1,150 (3.9%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Liverpool, England | 12 February 1960
Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
Spouse | John Mulligan |
Website | www.marymulliganmsp.org.uk |
Mary Mulligan (born 12 February 1960, Liverpool) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, and formerly Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Linlithgow constituency from 1999 to 2011. She lost her seat to the Scottish National Party's Fiona Hyslop in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
She was appointed Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care upon Jack McConnell becoming First Minister in 2001. After the reshuffle following the 2003 election she became Deputy Minister for Communities. She resigned from this position in October 2004 in order to concentrate on preventing St John's Hospital in Livingston being downgraded.[1] This hospital served many of her constituents. Nevertheless, services were cut from the hospital as planned.
Mulligan was Labour's Shadow Minister for Housing and Communities. She was a member of the Scottish Parliament Local Government and Communities Committee.
References
- ^ "Chisholm switched to communities". BBC News. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
External links
- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Mary Mulligan
- Mary Mulligan MSP Official Website
- Mary Mulligan profile at the site of Scottish Labour
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- Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
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