| Music Encyclopedia: Peter (Charles Arthur) Wishart |
(b Crowborough, 25 June 1921; d Frome, 14 Aug 1984). English composer. A pupil of Boulanger in Paris (1947-8), he taught at the GSM and Birmingham and Reading universities and wrote neo-classical operas (The Clandestine Marriage, 1971), as well as orchestral and chamber pieces and much church music. His scores possess a strong, individual lyricism.
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| Peter Wishart MP | |
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| Preceded by | John Swinney |
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| Majority | 1,521 (3.3%) |
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| Born | 9 March 1962 Dunfermline |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
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| Born | 9 March 1962 |
| Origin | Scotland |
| Instruments | keyboards |
| Years active | 1981-present |
| Associated acts | Big Country Runrig MP4 |
Peter Wishart (born 9 March 1962) is the Member of Parliament for Perth and North Perthshire as part of the Scottish National Party (SNP). He is also a notable musician chiefly associated with the band Runrig.
He was first elected to the House of Commons at the 2001 general election, taking John Swinney's old seat of Tayside North. In the light of the sharp reduction in the number of Scottish MPs at Westminster, Wishart's former constituency was abolished in a radical boundary revision, and at the 2005 election he won the new constituency of Perth and North Perthshire for the SNP.
As a previous member of the band Runrig, Wishart was the first MP to have appeared on the TV show Top of the Pops. Before Runrig, he had been in one of the lineups of Big Country. Since arriving at Westminster, he has served as the SNP's Chief Whip, in which role he has pressed the government for greater parliamentary rights, such as better representation on committees, for both the SNP and other minority parties. He has also campaigned for copyright term extension. Donnie Munro, former lead singer of Runrig was to go on to an unsuccessful political career as a Labour party candidate.
Wishart is a member of the parliamentary rock group MP4.
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Member of Parliament for North Tayside 2001–2005 |
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Member of Parliament for Perth and North Perthshire 2005–present |
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