Jack McConnell

The Right Honourable

The Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

PC
Official portrait, 2019
First Minister of Scotland
In office
27 November 2001 – 16 May 2007
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyJim Wallace
Nicol Stephen
Preceded byHenry McLeish
Succeeded byAlex Salmond
Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland
In office
22 November 2001 – 15 August 2007
DeputyCathy Jamieson
UK party leaderTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byHenry McLeish
Succeeded byWendy Alexander
Ministerial offices
Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs
In office
26 October 2000 – 22 November 2001
First MinisterHenry McLeish
Preceded bySam Galbraith
Succeeded byCathy Jamieson
Minister for Finance
In office
19 May 1999 – 26 October 2000
First MinisterDonald Dewar
Jim Wallace (Acting)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAngus MacKay
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed life peerage
28 June 2010
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Motherwell and Wishaw
In office
6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJohn Pentland
Personal details
Born
Jack Wilson McConnell

(1960-06-30) 30 June 1960 (age 66)
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Political partyScottish Labour
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1990)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Stirling
ProfessionTeacher (Mathematics)
Cabinet1st 2nd
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Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, PC (born 30 June 1960) is a Scottish politician who was First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2007.

McConnell was the Minister for Finance from 1999 to 2000 and Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs from 2000 to 2001. He has been a Labour life peer in the House of Lords since 2010. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Motherwell and Wishaw from 1999 to 2011.

Notes

  1. ↑ Jim Wallace acted from 8 November 2001 to 27 November 2001

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