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McLeish government
2nd devolved government of Scotland
2000–2001
Date formed27 October 2000
Date dissolved8 November 2001
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
First MinisterHenry McLeish
Deputy First MinisterJim Wallace
Member partyLabour Party
Liberal Democrats
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
History
Legislature term1st Scottish Parliament
PredecessorDewar government
SuccessorFirst McConnell government

The McLeish government (27 October 2000 – 8 November 2001) was formed following the death of Donald Dewar on 11 October 2000 during the 1st Scottish Parliament. Henry McLeish was appointed as First Minister on 27 October 2000. It was a continuation of the Labour–Liberal Democrat coalition that had been formed following the first election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999.

List of ministers

Cabinet[1]

Post Minister Term Party
First Minister style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | The Rt Hon. Henry McLeish MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy First Minister
Minister for Justice 		style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | The Rt Hon. Jim Wallace QC MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Liberal Democrats
Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Jack McConnell MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Minister for Social Justice style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Jackie Baillie MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Wendy Alexander MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture
(Post abolished in March 2001) 		style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | Sam Galbraith MSP 2000–Mar. 2001 Labour Party
Minister for Finance and Local Government style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Angus MacKay MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Minister for Health and Community Care style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Susan Deacon MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Minister for Parliament style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Tom McCabe MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Minister for Rural Development
(Environment and Rural Development from March 2001) 		style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 1px" | Ross Finnie MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Liberal Democrats
Minister for Transport and Telecommunications
(Transport and Planning from March 2001) 		style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Sarah Boyack MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Lord Advocate style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | The Rt Hon. Colin Boyd QC 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party

Junior ministers[2]

Post Minister Term Party
Deputy Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 1px" | Nicol Stephen MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Social Justice style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Margaret Curran MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning and Gaelic style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Alasdair Morrison MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Alasdair Morrison MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Culture and Sport
(Sport, the Arts and Culture from March 2001) 		style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Allan Wilson MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Finance and Local Government style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Peter Peacock MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Malcolm Chisholm MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Justice style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Iain Gray MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Parliament rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | Tavish Scott MSP 2000–Mar. 2001 Liberal Democrat
Euan Robson MSP Mar.–Nov. 2001 Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Rural Development
(Environment and Rural Development from March 2001) 		style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Rhona Brankin MSP 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Transport and Planning style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Lewis Macdonald MSP Mar.–Nov. 2001 Labour Party
Solicitor General for Scotland style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color; width: 1px" | Neil Davidson QC 2000–Nov. 2001 Labour Party

Changes

Tavish Scott resigned from his post of Deputy Minister for Parliament on 9 March 2001.[3][4] He was replaced by Euan Robson.[5]

Sam Galbraith resigned from his post of Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture on 20 March 2001.[6] Following his resignation, the environment portfolio was combined with that of rural development, planning was added to the transport portfolio, and the sport and culture portfolio was given Deputy Minister Allan Wilson without a promotion to minister. In addition, a new post of Deputy Minister for Transport and Planning in line with the expanded transport portfolio. This post was filled by Lewis Macdonald.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Ministers, Law Officers and Ministerial Parliamentary Aides by Cabinet: Session 1" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Scottish Ministers". www.scottish.parliament.uk. Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Fish row claims first casualty". BBC News. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Tavish Scott". scottish.parliament.uk. Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Euan Robson". scottish.parliament.uk. Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ "'Outgoing' minister puts health first". BBC News. 20 March 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Environment job is abolished as Galbraith quits". The Daily Telegraph. 21 March 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Lewis Macdonald". scottish.parliament.uk. Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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