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Brian Fitzpatrick (born 1961) is a Labour politician in Scotland. The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ...
Between 1985 and 1992, Fitzpatrick worked as a solicitor.
In 1999, First MinisterDonald Dewar appointed him as Head of Policy in the First Minister's Policy Unit, he resigned from this post following Dewar's death in 2000. The First Minister (Prìomh Mhinistear in Scots Gaelic) is the leader of Scotlands national home rule government, the Scottish Executive, which was established in 1999 along with the reconstituted Scottish Parliament. ... The Rt. ...
Fitzpatrick was a Member of the Scottish Parliament between 2001 and 2003. He was elected in the Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election, 2001 following the resignation of Sam Galbraith for health reasons. Fitzpatrick stood in the same seat in the Scottish parliamentary election, 2003, but finshed second, 438 votes (1.2%) behind independent hospital campaigner Dr Jean Turner. Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... Sam Galbraith is a Scottish Labour politician and former member of Parliament. ... The polling date for the second Scottish Parliament election was held on May 1, 2003. ... Jean McGivern Turner (Born December 23, 1939) is an Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. ...
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Fitzpatrick studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821, commencing practice in Montgomery, Alabama.
Fitzpatrick served as solicitor of the Montgomery circuit from 1822 to 1823, but moved to his plantation in Autauga County in 1829 and engaged in planting.
Fitzpatrick became Governor of Alabama in 1841, serving until 1845, and was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dixon H. Lewis and served from November 25, 1848, to November 30, 1849, when a successor was elected.
BrianFitzpatrick (born November 18, 1945 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician.
After serving as a board of education trustee in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Fitzpatrick ran in the Canadian federal election, 2000 for the Canadian Alliance.
Fitzpatrick also ran in the Canadian federal election, 1993 for the Reform Party of Canada in the riding of Mackenzie but he lost.
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