{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Margaret McDougall | honorific_suffix = | image = MargaretMcDougallMSPPortrait.jpg | image_size = | caption = | office = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] <br /> for the [[West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|West Scotland region]] | term_start = 5 May 2011 | term_end = 24 March 2016 | birth_date = 23 January 1949 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Margaret McDougall''' is a former [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician. She was a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|West Scotland region]] from 2011 to 2016.
She previously represented the Kilwinning South ward on [[North Ayrshire Council]] and stood for election to the [[Scottish Parliament]] on the Labour list for the [[South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|South of Scotland region]] in the 2007 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kilwinning.org/politics/mcdougall.htm|title=NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL|publisher=www.kilwinning.org|accessdate=10 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alba.org.uk/scot07constit/s00lab.html|title=Regional Lists|publisher=www.alba.org.uk|accessdate=10 May 2011|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201104001/http://www.alba.org.uk/scot07constit/s00lab.html|archivedate=1 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
McDougall was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2011 to represent the West of Scotland region, as the Labour Party returned three members from the list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/scotland/Scottish-election-West-of-Scotland.6763561.jp|title=Scottish election: West of Scotland list results - Goldie retains her seat|work=[[The Scotsman|www.scotsman.com]]|date=6 May 2011|accessdate=10 May 2011}}</ref> She did not seek re-election in 2016.
McDougall was the victim of a robbery in [[Irvine, North Ayrshire]] in January 2014 in which she suffered broken fingers on both hands.
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