Rt Hon George Reid MSP

George Newlands Reid PC MSP (born 4 June 1939) is the Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the Scottish Parliament. George Reid courtesy of the SNP. Taken from http://www. ... George Reid courtesy of the SNP. Taken from http://www. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) (Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Presiding Officer (Oifigear-Riaghlaidh in Scots Gaelic) is the person elected by the Members of the Scottish Parliament to chair their meetings. ... It has been suggested that Speakers of the House be merged into this article or section. ... The Scottish Parliaments logo in English and Gaelic. ...

Early life

George Reid was born in 1939 at Tullibody, near Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and educated at Dollar Academy, Clackmannanshire, and the University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, where he was awarded a first-class Master's degree in History in 1962. He then continued with further studies in Switzerland and Union College, USA, obtaining a diploma in international relations. Tullibody is a small town of approximately 7,500 residents, in Clackmannanshire in central Scotland. ... Alloa is a small burgh in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, 6 miles to the east of Stirling, on north bank of the River Forth. ... Look Aboot Ye Clackmannanshire (Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife. ... The Playfair Building Dollar Academy is a co-educational private school based in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ... St Marys College Bute Medical School Postgraduate Students Affiliations 1994 Group Website www. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... HIStory: Past, Present and Future – Book I (or simply HIStory) is a double-disc album by Michael Jackson released in 1995 by the Epic Records devision of Sony Music. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The architectural centerpiece of the Union campus, the Nott Memorial, is named after the colleges president from 1804-1866, Eliphalet Nott. ... A diploma (from Greek diploma) is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study, or confers an academic degree. ... International relations (IR), a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs of and relations among states within the international system, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ...

He worked for a few years as a broadcast journalist and television producer for the BBC, Granada Television and Scottish Television, and as a print journalist for several newspapers. Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs) to a number of recipients (listeners or viewers) that belong to a large group. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Scottish Television is Scotlands largest independent television franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. ...

Enters politics

He was elected as the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire in the UK general election, February 1974. He defended the seat in the UK general election, October 1974, but lost it in the UK general election, 1979. During his time as an MP he served as a member of the Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Scottish National Party (SNP) (Scottish Gaelic: is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1983, when the name was changed to Clackmannan. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ... Margaret Thatcher James Callaghan David Steel The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ... The Palace of Europe in Strasbourg European Flag: used by the Council of Europe and by the European Union The Council of Europe (French: Conseil de lEurope , German: Europarat /ˌɔɪ.ˈro. ...

Red Cross

For 12 years he worked as director of public affairs for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, based in Geneva, Switzerland, but working worldwide in conflict and disaster zones. The Red Cross and the Red Crescent emblems, the symbols from which the Movement derives its name The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement consists of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation), and the 183 national... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German: //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... Conflict is a state of opposition, disagreement or incompatibility between two or more people or groups of people, which is sometimes characterized by physical violence. ...

Return to politics

After several years away from Scottish politics, he heralded his comeback in 1994 by delivering an academic-style lecture at the SNP conference, drawing on his knowledge of continental European politics to argue a case for why a party like the SNP could be expected to prosper if a Scottish Parliament was established. Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland George Robertson's contrary claim that devolution would "kill the SNP stone dead" were dismissed by Reid by saying "Ho, ho, ho". Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and peninsulae. ... The politics of Europe deals with the continually evolving politics within the continent. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... 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). ... George Robertson pictured at The Pentagon in June 2001 The Right Honourable George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, KT, GCMG, FRSA, PC (born 12 April 1946, in Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Scotland) was the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and... For the heavy metal band, see Devolved (band) Devolution or home rule is the granting of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ...

He narrowly failed in an attempt to win the Ochil constituency (which covered approximately the same area as his old seat) at Westminster in the UK general election 1997, but was subsequently elected in the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999 to represent Mid Scotland and Fife. Ochil was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 until 2005. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The Scottish parliamentary election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on May 6, 1999. ... Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. ...

In 1999 he was defeated by Sir David Steel (a Liberal Democrat, the last-ever leader of the British Liberal Party) for the position of Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and was instead elected a Deputy Presiding Officer. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood KT PC KBE (born March 31, 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... The Presiding Officer (Oifigear-Riaghlaidh in Scots Gaelic) is the person elected by the Members of the Scottish Parliament to chair their meetings. ... The Scottish Parliaments logo in English and Gaelic. ...

At the 2003 Scottish Parliament Election he was elected to represent the Ochil constituency. He was elected by his fellow MSPs to succeed David Steel as Presiding Officer. As the office is non-partisan, he had to take voluntary suspension from his political party, the SNP, when he was elected to the post of Presiding Officer, as all bearers of this office will have to do. When questioned by a television journalist about whether he was right to weaken the party's ranks in this way, he produced his SNP membership card and pointed out that it imposed two obligations on its holders - the first being to campaign for self-government for Scotland, and the second being to work for the furtherance of all Scottish interests, which he argued was what he was doing. The Scottish parliamentary election, 2003, was the second general election of the Scottish Parliament. ... Ochil is a plurality voting system constituency and is part of the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region for the additional member system (AMS) and lies between the River Forth and the Ochil Hills. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of organization. ...

He was appointed a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 2004 (as the Presiding Officer has a role in advising Her Majesty, it is expected that Presiding Officers will be appointed to the Privy Council). Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ...

At the official opening of the controversial new Scottish Parliament building in 2004, he made a keynote speech in which he paid tribute to the construction as an architectural achievement, and urged parliamentarians to "listen to the building" to inspire them in their future endeavours. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the built environment. ...

Reid is married with two children.

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