Alister Jack

Alister Jack
MP
Member of Parliament
for Dumfries and Galloway
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Preceded by Richard Arkless
Majority 5,643 (10.9%)
Personal details
Born Alister William Jack
Dumfries, Scotland
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Heriot-Watt University

Alister William Jack[1] (born in Dumfries in 1963) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfries and Galloway[2] since June 2017.[3]

Jack was born in Dumfries[4] and raised in Dalbeattie and Kippford. He was educated at Glenalmond College. He is married and has three grown-up children.[5] He is a businessman and farmer.[6] He chairs the River Annan Fishery Board and Trust and Galloway Woodlands.[5]

In 1997 Jack fought Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, but came third, being defeated by the Liberal Democrat future Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore.

He is a member of the Treasury Select Committee.[2]

Jack is a member of the European Research Group of Conservative MPs and signed a letter by the group to the Prime Minister on 16 February 2018, making suggestions about the way Britain should leave the European Union.[7]

Jack was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Leader of the House of Lords on Friday 31st August 2018.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 27885". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 1076.
  2. 1 2 "Mr Alister Jack MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ↑ 9 June 2017 at 2:49am. "BLOG: The voters of Scotland have spoken | Border - ITV News". Itv.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Jack, Alister William. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Who are Scotland's new MPs?". BBC News. 9 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Conservatives select local farmer to fight Galloway seat". The Galloway Gazette. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Tory MPs sign letter to Theresa May outlining hard Brexit demands, The Guardian, 20 February 2018
  8. ↑ "New role for local MP". Retrieved 2018-09-15.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Arkless		 Member of Parliament
for Dumfries and Galloway
2017–present		 Incumbent
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