Bristow Muldoon (born 19 March 1964 in
Glasgow
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) is a former
Scottish Labour politician.
He was the
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the of
Livingston constituency from 1999 to 2007, but then lost the seat to
Angela Constance
Angela Constance (born 15 July 1970) is a Scottish politician serving as Minister for Drug Policy since 2020, having previously served in the Scottish Cabinet from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the M ...
of the
SNP. Before this he was a Councillor at both Lothian Regional Council and West Lothian Council.
Prior to 1999, he worked as a manager in a series of roles for
InterCity
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and then for
GNER
Great North Eastern Railway, often referred to as GNER, was a train operating company in the United Kingdom, owned by Sea Containers, that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, No ...
over a period of 13 years.
On 13 August 2007 it was announced that he had been appointed as the first Scottish Parliamentary Liaison Officer jointly for the
Royal Society of Edinburgh and the
Royal Society of Chemistry
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.
He is a graduate of both the
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...
and the
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
.
He is married to Cllr Catherine Muldoon, Deputy Leader of West Lothian Council and has one son
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1964 births
Living people
Politicians from Glasgow
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Alumni of the Open University
Labour MSPs
Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
Scottish Labour councillors
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