Patricia Ferguson

Patricia Josephine Ferguson (born 24 September 1958, Glasgow) was a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, a seat which she held since 2011, having previously (1999-2011) been an MSP for the then Glasgow Maryhill constituency. She lost her seat to the SNP's Bob Doris at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.

Patricia Ferguson
Ferguson in 2011
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
In office
12 May 1999 – 27 November 2001
Serving with George Reid
Presiding OfficerDavid Steel
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMurray Tosh
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn
Glasgow Maryhill (1999-2011)
In office
6 May 1999 – 23 May 2016
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byBob Doris
Personal details
Born
Patricia Josephine Ferguson

(1958-09-24) 24 September 1958
Glasgow
Political partyScottish Labour Party
Spouse(s)Bill Butler
Alma materGlasgow College of Technology

Background

Ferguson was educated at Garnethill Convent Secondary School in Glasgow, and at Glasgow College of Technology, where she obtained an HNC in Public Administration. She spent part of her childhood living in the city's Red Road Flats.[1]

Prior to entering the Scottish Parliament, she worked as a health service administrator, with the Scottish Trades Union Congress and with the Scottish Labour Party.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

After being elected as MSP for Glasgow Maryhill in May 1999, she was Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and, more recently, as a member of the Parliament's Standards and Procedures Committees. She led the British-Irish Parliamentary Body delegation.

She was first appointed to the Scottish Executive Cabinet in November 2001 as Minister for Parliament when Jack McConnell became First Minister and was re-appointed as Minister for Parliamentary Business after the 2003 election. She became Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in October 2004.

In 2006, her name was included on a variant of a Nigerian scam email after a high-profile trip to Malawi as part of her Scottish Executive brief.

Personal life

She is married to former Labour MSP Bill Butler.

References
  1. "Red Road flats: Glasgow city officials apologise for botched demolition". the Guardian. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
Scottish Parliament
New constituency Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill
1999–2016		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Frank McAveety		 Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
2004–2007		 Succeeded by
Office Abolished
Preceded by
Tom McCabe		 Minister for Parliamentary Business
2001–2004		 Succeeded by
Margaret Curran
Preceded by
Peter Peacock		 Minister for Gaelic
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Linda Fabiani


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