Mary Scanlon
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Mary Scanlon (born 25 May 1947, Dundee) is a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands region from 1999 to 2006.
She resigned from her list seat to contest the Moray by-election caused by the death of Scottish National Party MSP Margaret Ewing, but was defeated in the by-election by Richard Lochhead of the SNP. Her list seat was taken up by Dave Petrie.
She has served as health spokeswoman for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and on her resignation was their spokesman for Communities.
She did not mention that she is a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party in some of her campaign literature at the Moray by-election. Her campaign team sent out handwritten letters to electors allegedly written and signed by two independent councillors. That was not true. The issue brought huge negative publicity for Mary Scanlon in the local paper, The Northern Scot.
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- Mary Scanlon MSP profile at the site of the Conservative Party
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