Lewis Macdonald

{{Short description|Scottish Labour politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Lewis Macdonald | honorific_suffix = | image = LewisMacdonaldMSP.png | caption = Macdonald in 2018 | office = [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament#List of deputy presiding officers|Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]] | term_label = Interim | alongside = [[Linda Fabiani]] and [[Christine Grahame]] | 1blankname = {{nowrap|Presiding Officer}} | 1namedata = [[Ken Macintosh]] | term_start = 1 April 2020 | term_end = 14 May 2021 | successor = {{ubl|[[Annabelle Ewing]]|[[Liam McArthur]]}} | office1 = Convener of the [[Committees of the Scottish Parliament|Health and Sport Committee]] | term_start1 = 19 December 2017 | term_end1 = 4 May 2021 | predecessor1 = [[Neil Findlay]] | successor1 = [[Gillian Martin]] {{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |Parliamentary offices |titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland]]<br />{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}} | term_start = 5 May 2011 | term_end = 5 May 2021 | office1 = Member of the Scottish Parliament<br />for [[Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen Central]] | term_start1 = 6 May 1999 | term_end1 = 22 March 2011 | predecessor1 = ''Constituency established'' | successor1 = [[Kevin Stewart (Scottish politician)|Kevin Stewart]] {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} | office2 = Scottish Labour portfolios | suboffice2 = [[Chief Whip]] of the Scottish Labour Party | subterm2 = 2013–2014 | suboffice3 = [[Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs|Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Sport, Tourism and External Affairs]] | subterm3 = 2016–2017 | birth_name = Roderick Lewis Macdonald | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|01|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Stornoway]], [[Outer Hebrides]], Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Scottish Labour]] | spouse = Sandra Macdonald | children = 2 daughters | alma_mater = [[University of Aberdeen]] | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Roderick Lewis Macdonald''' (born 1 January 1957) is a Scottish politician who was a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|North East Scotland]] region between [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]] and 2021. A member of [[Scottish Labour]], he previously represented the [[Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen Central]] constituency from [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|1999]] to 2011. He was a deputy [[Scottish Executive]] minister from 2001 to 2007.

==Early life and career== Born in [[Stornoway, Outer Hebrides|Stornoway]], Macdonald moved with his family to [[Aberdeenshire]] as a child, and attended [[Inverurie Academy]] and later the [[University of Aberdeen]]. Macdonald received an MA in history and a PhD in [[African studies]] and later lectured at the university. He is a member of the trade union [[Unite the Union|Unite]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/99094.aspx|title=Personal Information|date=2018-01-18|website=www.parliament.scot|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>

==Political career== [[File:LewisMacdonaldMSP20110510.JPG|thumb|Official parliamentary portrait, 2011|left]]Macdonald unsuccessfully contested the [[Moray (UK Parliament constituency)|Moray]] UK Parliament constituency at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]. Prior to his election as an MSP, he worked as a parliamentary researcher to the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] [[Frank Doran (British politician)|Frank Doran]] and [[Tom Clarke (politician)|Tom Clarke]]. After being elected in the [[1999 Scottish Parliament election]], Macdonald joined the [[Scottish Executive]] in March 2001. He was briefly [[Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands|Deputy Minister for Transport and Planning]] from March to November 2001. He then served as Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, later renamed [[Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning]], from 2001 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/31736.aspx |title=Previous MSPs: Session 1 (1999–2003): Lewis Macdonald MSP |publisher=The Scottish Parliament |accessdate=28 June 2014}}</ref> He served as [[Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform|Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development]] from 2004 to 2005 and [[Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing|Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care]] from 2005 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/30626.aspx |title=Previous MSPs: Session 2 (2003–2007): Lewis Macdonald MSP |publisher=The Scottish Parliament |accessdate=28 June 2014}}</ref>

Between June 2013 and December 2014, Macdonald served as Scottish Labour Chief Whip. He has also led for Scottish Labour on enterprise and tourism, infrastructure, justice and energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/26607.aspx |title=Previous MSPs: Session 3 (2007–2011): Lewis Macdonald MSP|date=26 April 2011 |publisher=The Scottish Parliament|accessdate=28 June 2014}}</ref> He has served as convener of the [[Committees of the Scottish Parliament|Health and Sport Committee]] from December 2017 to May 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/Lewis-Macdonald-MSP.aspx |title=Current MSPs: Lewis Macdonald MSP |publisher=The Scottish Parliament |accessdate=28 June 2014}}</ref> He became interim [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament#Office|Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament]] in April 2020, following the self isolation of [[Christine Grahame]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,lewis-macdonald-elected-temporary-deputy-presiding-officer_15305.htm|title=Lewis Macdonald elected temporary Deputy Presiding Officer|last=Beaton|first=Ailean|date=2020-04-01|website=Holyrood Website|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/north-east-msp-gains-new-role-in-scottish-parliament/|title=North-east MSP gains new role in Scottish Parliament|last=Hall|first=Jamie|date=2020-04-02|website=Evening Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>

Macdonald nominated [[Anas Sarwar]] in the [[2021 Scottish Labour leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scottish Leadership Election 2021 – Nominations|url=http://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Scottish Labour|language=en|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416234857/https://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He stood down at the [[2021 Scottish Parliament election]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-04-07|title=Holyrood 2021 election: Which MSPs are standing down?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53903780|access-date=2021-08-09}}</ref>

== Personal life == Macdonald is married to Sandra who has worked in the oil industry. Macdonald also has two children.<ref name=":0" /> Sandra was a member of the [[Aberdeen City Council]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-national-shambles-as-kez-suspends-no/150063934/ |title=Shambles as Kez suspends north east councillors |newspaper=[[The National (Scotland)|The National]] |publication-place=Scotland |page=M2 |date=2017-05-18 |access-date=2024-06-25 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{SP-MSP}} *[http://www.lewismacdonald.info/ Lewis Macdonald MSP] personal site

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