Philip Roy Gallie (born 3 June 1939,
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,
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) is a former Conservative
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.
Gallie's political career began as a local councillor and then as
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at
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for the
AyrAyr was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :...
constituency from
1992The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party.John Major had won the leadership election in November 1990 succeeding the outgoing PM Margaret Thatcher....
until losing his seat at the
1997 general electionThe UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992. The Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory with 418 seats, the most seats the party has ever held...
. A vice-chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, he was elected to the
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to represent
South of ScotlandSouth of Scotland can refer to:* South of Scotland * South of Scotland rugby union team* An area comprising the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway...
at the 1999 election, having narrowly failed to win the
AyrAyr is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...
seat by 25 votes.
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Philip Roy Gallie (born 3 June 1939,
PortsmouthPortsmouth is a city located in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the United Kingdom's only island city and is located on Portsea Island. The City of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Football Club are both nicknamed Pompey...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is a former Conservative
Member of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
.
Gallie's political career began as a local councillor and then as
Member of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators. Members of...
at
WestminsterThe Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. It alone has parliamentary sovereignty, conferring upon it ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories...
for the
AyrAyr was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :...
constituency from
1992The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party.John Major had won the leadership election in November 1990 succeeding the outgoing PM Margaret Thatcher....
until losing his seat at the
1997 general electionThe UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992. The Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory with 418 seats, the most seats the party has ever held...
. A vice-chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, he was elected to the
Scottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood" , is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
to represent
South of ScotlandSouth of Scotland can refer to:* South of Scotland * South of Scotland rugby union team* An area comprising the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway...
at the 1999 election, having narrowly failed to win the
AyrAyr is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election...
seat by 25 votes. He was re-elected in the 2003 election.
He was the Scottish Conservative spokesman on constitutional affairs. He did not stand for re-election in 2007 and intends to focus on his ambition of becoming a Member of the European Parliament.
He was to contest the
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in the
Ayrshire CentralCentral Ayrshire is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Ayr, Cunninghame South and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituencies....
constituency.
however, the candidate is now to be Maurice Golden
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