Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld

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, DL, JP, LLD, FSA Scot. (12 March 1938 – 8 October 2008) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. Educated at Ruthrieston Secondary School in

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, he worked for

Town Council from 1953 to 1967 and then as a District Officer for

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from 1967 to 1979. His father, also

Norman Hogg Norman Hogg may refer to: * Norman Hogg, Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld (1938–2008), Scottish Labour Party politician. * Norman Hogg (politician, born 1907) Norman Hogg (22 November 1907 – 25 June 1975) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. H ...

was the

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from 1964 to 1967 and he was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen in 1970. At the 1979 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire East, defeating the

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's Margaret Bain. When his constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the

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, he was elected for the new Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency, which he represented at

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until he stood down at the 1997 general election. During his time in the

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he was a member of the Select Committee on Scottish Affairs from 1979 to 1982, Chairman of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Group in 1981–82,

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Whip in 1982–83, Deputy Chief Opposition Whip from 1983 to 1987,

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Spokesman in 1987–88, and a Member of the

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in 1991–92. Hogg was created a

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as Baron Hogg of Cumbernauld, of Cumbernauld in the County of North Lanarkshire on 24 September 1997. He was a Member of the

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Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee from 1999 to 2002 and was Chairman of the Scottish Peers Association from 2002 and a Deputy Speaker of the

from 2002. Hogg was also appointed

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in 1998 and 1999. Hogg died after a long illness on 8 October 2008, at the age of 70.BBC News, 8 October 2008
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogg, Norman 1938 births 2008 deaths Nobility from Aberdeen Politicians from Aberdeen Scottish Labour MPs Hogg of Cumbernauld Life peers created by Elizabeth II Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Deputy lieutenants of Aberdeen Lord provosts of Aberdeen Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 20th-century Scottish antiquarians