Calum Alistair MacDonald or Calum Alasdair Domhnallach (born 7 May 1956) was Labour Member of Parliament for the Western Isles from 1987 until he was defeated by the Scottish National Party in the United Kingdom general election of 2005. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Na h-Eileanan an Iar is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created in 1918. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...

He was born on 7 May 1956 and brought up on the Isle of Lewis. Educated at the Nicolson Institute, Stornoway, he went on to graduate from the University of Edinburgh with MA Honours in History and Politics. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Visit and Contribute to the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia. ... The Nicolson Institute, Stornoway is the largest school in the Western Isles, Scotland. ... Lews Castle in Stornoway Boats in Stornoway Stornoway from the ferry Another picture of Lews Castle Bayhead, Stornoway // About the Town Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of approximately 5,600 people in the town itself... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582,[4] is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

During the 1980s he was a Teaching Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he also gained his PhD in Political Philosophy. The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

His political interests are wide-ranging. MacDonald’s published journalism (The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, the Glasgow Herald and the New Statesman) include articles on: Northern Ireland; the Balkans; Russia; links between Labour and the Liberal Democrats; Voting Reform; the Debate on Clause 4, etc. He was an early advocate of European defence co-operation, in “A New Model Army” (Fabian Discussion Paper, 1991) and “European Security at the Crossroads” (in B Crawford and P Schulze, Ed, European Dilemmas after Maastricht, Centre for German and European Studies UC Berkeley, 1993). The Independent is a British compact newspaper published by Tony OReillys Independent News & Media. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... The Lighthouse, Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The New Statesman is a left-of-centre political weekly published in London. ... Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Ian Paisley  - Deputy First Minister... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary means. ... The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht between the members of the European Community and entered into force on 1 November 1993, under the Delors Commission. ...

In 1990, he co-founded the Future of Europe Trust, which acted as a forum for young politicians across East and West Europe to progress their views on Europe. Between 1988 and 1992 he served on the Commons Select Committee on Agriculture. In 1991, he piloted his own Private Members Bill through the House of Commons, the Crofter Forestry Act, which has since led to the planting of mixed woodland by crofter communities in the Highlands and Islands. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Between 1991 and 1995, he was a leading campaigner for Western military intervention in the former Yugoslavia and a persistent critic of the then Government’s policy. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in Latin, Југославија in Cyrillic, English: Land of the South Slavs) describes four political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ...

Between 1992 and 1997, he was Chair of LINC, a Labour Party pressure group promoting co-operation with the Liberal Democrats.

In May 1997 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland. A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). ...

Between December 1997 and July 1999 he was Minister for Housing, Planning and European Affairs at the Scottish Office. Between July 1998 and July 1999 he had additional responsibilities for Transport, Highlands and Islands and Gaelic. In his capacity as Minister for Gaelic, he gave the 1998 Sabhal Mòr Lecture. Categories: Stub | Scotland | Departments of the United Kingdom Government ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... The Sabhal Mòr Lectures are a series of annual televised lectures held at the college Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on Skye, Scotland. ...

Mr MacDonald is a former Chair of the Fabian Society, the Labour Party’s senior think-tank. He is an Honorary Fellow of the European Economics and Financial Centre. The Fabian Society is a British socialist intellectual movement, whose purpose is to advance the socialist cause by gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary means. ...

External link

• http://www.calummacdonald.labour.co.uk/