Irene McGugan (born 1952) is a

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. She was a

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(SNP)

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(MSP) for North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003. In the 1999 election she stood as a constituency candidate in Aberdeen South, finishing fourth. However her number four position on the SNP North East Scotland list was enough to take her to Holyrood. She was the SNP's deputy party spokesperson on Education and Young People from June 2001, replacing

John Swinney John Ramsay Swinney (born 13 April 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland since 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery since 2021. He was the Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 200 ...

who became party leader. She contested the seat of Dundee West in the 2003 election, where she narrowly lost to the

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incumbent Kate Maclean.

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* 1952 births Living people People from Angus, Scotland Scottish National Party MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003 Female members of the Scottish Parliament 20th-century Scottish women politicians {{MSP-stub