Alex Johnstone

Alex Johnstone


Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland
In office 6 May 1999 – 24 March 2016
Succeeded by	Vacant (election in progress)
Personal details
Born	(1961-07-31) 31 July 1961 Stonehaven
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party
Spouse(s)	Linda Anne Johnstone
Children	Alexander Johnstone (1983), Christine Watson(1987)

Alex Johnstone (born 31 July 1961 in Stonehaven) is a British Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.

Politics

Johnstone has been Member of the Scottish Parliament for the North East Scotland electoral region since 1999. He fought the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency in the 2005 General Election, finishing second. He also finished second in Angus North and Mearns in the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections, but was re-elected as an additional member on the party list.

In Holyrood he has served as Chief Whip and rural affairs spokesman for the Scottish Conservative Party and is currently the Shadow Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change.

In 2014, Alex Johnstone, along with his colleague Nanette Milne, re-paid more than £12,000 to the Scottish Parliament ^[1] after breaching office expenses rules.

Personal life

He has been married to Linda since 1981 and they have two children grown up and 6 grandsons. Johnstone was educated at Mackie Academy in Stonehaven before working as a dairy and arable farmer.

Johnstone, a Church of Scotland elder, made the public comments against a proposal to let individual congregations select gay clergy for their church. He told the Press and Journal newspaper a move to allow gay clergy would "ultimately weaken" the church. Johnstone was one of 18 MSPs who voted against same-sex marriage when, in February 2014, the Scottish Parliament backed same-sex marriage.

References

↑ MSPs that claimed thousands too much in expenses named

External links

Akex Johnstone MSP personal site profile
Alex Johnstone MSP profile at Scottish Parliament site
Alex Johnstone MSP profile at the site of the Scottish Conservative Party
Alex Johnstone MSP profile at the site of the Conservative Party

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the North East Scotland region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	Kevin Stewart (SNP, Aberdeen Central) Mark McDonald (SNP, Aberdeen Donside) Maureen Watt (SNP, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) Alex Salmond (SNP, Aberdeenshire East) Dennis Robertson (SNP, Aberdeenshire West) Nigel Don (SNP, Angus North and Mearns) Graeme Dey (SNP, Angus South) Stewart Stevenson (SNP, Banffshire and Buchan Coast) Shona Robison (SNP, Dundee East) Joe FitzPatrick (SNP, Dundee West)

Additional members	Christian Allard (SNP) Lesley Brennan (Lab) Alex Johnstone (Con) Alison McInnes (Lib Dem) Lewis MacDonald (Lab) Jenny Marra (Lab) Nanette Milne (Con)

SNP (11 seats), Labour (3 seats), Con (2 seats), Lib Dems (1 seat)

Scottish Conservative Party MSPs

Elected in the 2011 election; See also: Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament

Leadership	Ruth Davidson (Leader) Jackson Carlaw (Deputy Leader and Health) John Lamont (Chief Whip)

Frontbench members	Murdo Fraser (Finance, Enterprise, Energy and Tourism) Elizabeth Smith (Culture, Sport and Young People) Alex Fergusson (Rural) Annabel Goldie (Constitution) Mary Scanlon (Education and Lifelong Learning) Cameron Buchanan (Local Government and Planning) Margaret Mitchell (Justice) Nanette Milne (Public health) Alex Johnstone (Housing and Transport) Jamie McGrigor (Environment, Fishing and External Affairs)

Backbenchers	Gavin Brown John Scott (deputy presiding officer)

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