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Jack McConnell
Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale
(born 30 June 1960) is a Scottish politician and a
Labour
life peer
in the
House of Lords
. He was the third
First Minister of Scotland
from 2001 to
2007
. He was the
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for
Motherwell and Wishaw
from
1999
to 2011. McConnell became an MSP in the inaugural elections to the
Scottish Parliament
in
1999
, later holding the positions of Finance Minister, and Education Minister. He was elected First Minister following the resignation of his predecessor
Henry McLeish
, and led the
Scottish Labour Party
to its second election victory in the
2003 election
.
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