Bruce Crawford

Bruce Crawford (born 16 February 1955) is a Scottish National Party politician, currently the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling.

Crawford was born in Perth. Prior to entering politics, he was a human resource manager with the Scottish Office. Crawford served as councillor for Kinross on Perth and Kinross District Council from 1988 to 1996 and on Perth and Kinross Council from 1995 to 2001. Crawford was also Leader of Perth and Kinross Council from 1995 to 1999.

He was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Mid Scotland and Fife at the 1999 election. He was re-elected in 2003. He ran John Swinney's campaign to be re-elected as SNP National Convenor when he was challenged by Dr. Bill Wilson in late 2003. At the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Crawford gained the Stirling seat from the Labour Party.

Following the adoption of a new constitution by the SNP in 2004, Crawford was appointed as the SNP's Business Convener. After the SNP's victory at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, Crawford became the Minister for Parliamentary Business.

Crawford is married to Jacqueline and they have three sons.

External links

• Bruce Crawford MSP Biography at Scottish Parliament website
• Bruce Crawford MSP Bannockburn SNP website details on Bruce Crawford

v • d • e      Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife region Elected in the 2007 election SNP (6 seats), Labour (5 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Lib Dems (2 seats) Constituency MSPs Helen Eadie (Lab, Dunfermline East) • Jim Tolson (Lib Dem, Dunfermline West) • Tricia Marwick (SNP, Fife Central) • Iain Smith (Lib Dem, Fife North East) • Marilyn Livingstone (Lab, Kirkcaldy) • John Swinney (SNP, North Tayside) • Keith Brown (SNP, Ochil) • Roseanna Cunningham (SNP, Perth) • Bruce Crawford (SNP, Stirling) Additional Members Claire Baker (Lab) • Ted Brocklebank (Con) • Murdo Fraser (Con) • Chris Harvie (SNP) • John Park (Lab) • Richard Simpson (Lab) • Elizabeth Smith (Con)

v • d • e      Junior Ministers in the Scottish Government Fiona Hyslop (Minister for Culture and External Affairs) · Bruce Crawford (Minister for Parliamentary Business) · Jim Mather (Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism) · Stewart Stevenson (Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change) · Fergus Ewing (Minister for Community Safety) · Roseanna Cunningham (Minister for Environment) Keith Brown (Minister for Schools and Skills) · Adam Ingram (Minister for Children and Early Years) · Alex Neil (Minister for Housing and Communities) · Shona Robison (Minister for Public Health and Sport) ·

This article about a member of the Scottish Parliament is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e