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Hugh O'Donnell (born 1 May 1952) is a former Scottish politician. O'Donnell was elected in 2007 as the Liberal Democrat List MSP of the Scottish Parliament for the Central Scotland region. He was previously an aide to the former MSP Donald Gorrie. He resigned from the party in March 2011 unhappy with the direction of the his party and the UK Coalition Government in Westminster, he stood as an Independent〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12874085 BBC report Hugh standing as an Independent in May 2011 election〕 in the May 2011 elections where he lost his seat, gathering only 821 votes, or 0.4% of the total cast.〔http://heritage.scotsman.com/scotland/Scottish-election-Central-Scotland-list.6763457.jp Election Results for Central Scotland Constituency〕〔http://news.uk4net.com/2011/05/06/live-coverage-scottish-election BBC live coverage: 0635 Andrew Black on Twitter: Hugh O’Donnell, a insurgent Lib Dem who quit a celebration to mount as eccentric gets 821 votes in Central Scotland list, so not inaugurated #sp11〕 ==Background== O'Donnell was educated at Falkirk College of Further Education and Queen Margaret College (in partnership with Southern Connecticut State University) and has an HND and a BA (Hons) in Communications. Prior to his election he worked in retail, property, as a college lecturer, a constituency assistant to Donald Gorrie MSP, and as a community care professional. He contested the Scottish Parliament election in 1999 for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, coming a distant third. He was one of only eight Scots chosen by the United Nations to supervise the first ever free elections in the former Yugoslavian province of Kosovo in 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugh O'Donnell (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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