Bruce Crawford

Bruce Crawford MSP


Cabinet Secretary for Parliament and Government Strategy
In office 19 May 2011 – 5 September 2012
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	office created
Succeeded by	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Parliamentary Business
In office 17 May 2007 – 19 May 2011
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	Margaret Curran
Succeeded by	Brian Adam
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 May 2007
Preceded by	Sylvia Jackson
Majority	6,718
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife
In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007
Personal details
Born	(1955-02-16) 16 February 1955 Perth
Nationality	British
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Jacqueline Crawford

Robert Hardie Bruce Crawford (born 16 February 1955) is a Scottish National Party politician.

Background

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.^[1]

Crawford is married to Jacqueline and they have three sons.

Crawford was appointed to the junior ministerial position of Minister for Parliamentary Business following the election of the SNP minority government following the 2007 general election.^[2] On 19 May 2011 he became the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy, departing from this role on 5 September 2012.

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Sylvia Jackson	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Stirling 2007–present	Incumbent

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	Keith Brown (SNP, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) Annabelle Ewing (SNP, Cowdenbeath) Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP, Dunfermline) Jenny Gilruth (SNP, Fife Mid and Glenrothes) Willie Rennie (Lib Dem, North East Fife) David Torrance (SNP, Kirkcaldy) John Swinney (SNP, Perthshire North) Roseanna Cunningham (SNP, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) Bruce Crawford (SNP, Stirling)

Additional members	Claire Baker (Lab) Murdo Fraser (Con) Dean Lockhart (Con) Alex Rowley (Lab) Mark Ruskell (Greens) Elizabeth Smith (Con) Alexander Stewart (Con)

SNP (8 seats), Conservative (4 seats), Labour (2 seats), Liberal Democrats (1 seat); Greens (1 seat)

Scottish National Party MSPs

First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon

Cabinet Secretaries	John Swinney Derek Mackay Shona Robison Roseanna Cunningham Fiona Hyslop Angela Constance Michael Matheson Keith Brown Fergus Ewing

Ministers	Mark McDonald Shirley-Anne Somerville Joe FitzPatrick Humza Yousaf Paul Wheelhouse Jamie Hepburn Aileen Campbell Maureen Watt Annabelle Ewing Kevin Stewart Jeane Freeman Alasdair Allan

Backbench	George Adam Clare Adamson Tom Arthur Colin Beattie Willie Coffey Bruce Crawford Ash Denham Graeme Dey Bob Doris James Dornan Mairi Evans Linda Fabiani Kate Forbes Kenneth Gibson Jenny Gilruth Christine Grahame Emma Harper Clare Haughey Bill Kidd Richard Lochhead Richard Lyle Angus MacDonald Gordon MacDonald Fulton MacGregor Rona Mackay Ben Macpherson Ruth Maguire Gillian Martin John Mason Joan McAlpine Ivan McKee Christina McKelvie Stuart McMillan Alex Neil Gil Paterson Gail Ross Michael Russell Stewart Stevenson Maree Todd David Torrance Sandra White

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