Nick Johnston (politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nick Johnston
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Mid Scotland and Fife
In office
6 May 1999 – 10 August 2001
Succeeded byMurdo Fraser[n 1]
Personal details
Born (1948-01-05) 5 January 1948 (age 74)
Filey, England
Political partyScottish Conservative Party
Spouse(s)Anna Jiménez-Olive

Paul Nicholas Johnston[1] (born 5 January 1948, Filey) is a Scottish politician. He was a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from May 1999 until August 2001.

Political career[]

He stood as a Conservative & Unionist candidate for the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and was elected for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.[2] At the beginning of Parliament, Johnston took the oath in Catalan.[3] In January 2001 he wrote a letter to The Times, where he expressed disillusionment with the attitude of other politicians.[4] An absence from Parliament began in February 2001 with an episode of pneumonia. Johnston resigned in August 2001, citing disillusionment with politics and his perception of a weak party leadership as reasons for doing so.[5][6]

His place in the Scottish Parliament was taken by Murdo Fraser.[7]

Johnston was among a group of former MSPs who supported Scottish independence, saying that it would give Scotland an opportunity to "create a fairer, more equal society".[8][9]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Normally, regional MSPs do not have individual predecessors and successors. However, Johnston resigned during a sitting parliament so was succeeded by Murdo Fraser.

References[]

  1. ^ "SCOTS - Scottish Parliament: Official Report (12/05/99)". scottishcorpus.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Vote 99: Scotland: Mid Scotland and Fife". BBC News. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ Tait, Robert; Hardie, Alison; MacMahon, Peter (13 May 1999). "We fought for this for a long time". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Tory MSP calls for 'honest politics'". BBC News. 15 January 2001.
  5. ^ "Outgoing Tory attacks colleagues". BBC News. 10 August 2001.
  6. ^ Torrance, David (24 October 2012). Whatever Happened to Tory Scotland?. Edinburgh University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7486-4688-3.
  7. ^ Stewart, Thomas AW (15 June 2019). The Scottish Parliament in its Own Words: An Oral History. Luath Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-912387-59-5.
  8. ^ "Former Tory MSP supports Yes vote in independence referendum". STV News. STV. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Ex-MSPs voice support for Yes vote". Herald Scotland. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

External links[]


Stub icon

This article about a member of the Scottish Parliament is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""