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Donald Campbell Dewar ( 21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000 ) was a Scottish politician who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) in Scotland from 1966-1970, and then again from 1978 until his death in 2000.
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Members of the committee include Mrs. Milton Bernet, Mrs. J. Clinton Bowman, Mrs. Rollie W. Bradford, Mrs. Samuel Butler Jr., Mrs. Donald Carr Campbell, Mrs. Douglas Carruthers, Mrs. John C. Davis 3,, Mrs. Cris Dobbins, Mrs. William E. Glass, Mrs. Alfred Hicks 2,, Mrs. Donald Magarrell, Mrs. Willett Moore, Mrs. Myron Neusteter, Mrs. Richard Gibson Smith, Mrs. James S. Sudier 2, and Mrs. Thomas Welborn.
Donald Malcolm Campbell, CBE ( 23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967 ) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s.
Donald Campbell was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, the son of Malcolm, later Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 30s in the famous Bluebird cars and boats, and his second wife, Dorothy Evelyn née Whittall.
When Donald Campbell was buried in Coniston cemetery on 12 September 2001 she did not attend the service.
In the village of Coniston, the Ruskin Museum has a small display of Donald Campbell memorabilia, and the Bristol Orpheus engine recovered in 2001 is also displayed.
Among the most outspoken critics of mass comparison have been Lyle Campbell, Donald Ringe, William Poser, and the late R. Larry Trask.
Greenberg's work on African languages has been criticised by Lyle Campbell and Donald Ringe, who do not believe that his classification is justified by his data ; they request a reexamination of his macro-phyla by " reliable methods " ( Ringe 1993: 104 ).
Lake Eyre has been a site for various land speed record attempts on its salt flats, especially those by Donald Campbell with the Bluebird-Proteus CN7.
In the late 1930s, John W. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science Fiction, and a critical mass of new writers emerged in New York City in a group called the Futurians, including Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, Donald A. Wollheim, Frederik Pohl, James Blish, Judith Merril, and others.
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Donald Dewar was selected for the seat Glasgow Garscadden by a majority of three, after Dewar's friend the veteran Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers MP Willie Small died unexpectedly.
Donald Dewar died one day later in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital, never having regained consciousness.
A coalition government, which would last until 2007, was formed between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, with Donald Dewar as First Minister.
In more recent times, the University boasts one of Europe's largest collections of life scientists, as well as having been the training ground of numerous politicians, including former First Minister Donald Dewar, fomer leader of the Liberal Democrats and current Rector of the University Charles Kennedy, Liam Fox, John Smith, Sir Menzies Campbell and current Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
In both countries, actual by-elections where voters go to the polls to vote for their preferred candidate only take place to fill a vacancy in a constituency seat, such as on the death of Donald Dewar, which resulted in a by-election for the constituency of Glasgow Anniesland.
Despite this, during his time as leader of the Labour Party Smith abolished the trade union block vote at Labour party conferences, and replaced it with " one member one vote " at the 1993 party conference and committed a future Labour government to establishing a Scottish Parliament, a policy which was followed through by his successors ( most notably his close friend Donald Dewar ) after his death.
His close friend Donald Dewar was the only political figure at the funeral-who acted as one of Smith's pall bearers.
Born in Inverness, Scotland, he studied Scots law at the University of Glasgow and became involved in debating with the Glasgow University Dialectic Society and at the Glasgow University Union, where he befriended contemporary Labourites Donald Dewar and John Smith.
In the late 1960s, Donald Dewar's wife, Alison, left Dewar for Irvine, and the two men remained unreconciled, even though they were later to serve in the same Cabinet.
The Labour Party won the 1997 general election and Donald Dewar as Secretary of State for Scotland agreed to the proposals for a Scottish Parliament.
The Labour Party's Donald Dewar became the First Minister of Scotland, while the Scottish National Party became the main opposition party.
Donald Dewar was the inaugural First Minister of Scotland, and held office from May 1999, until his death in October 2000.
From 11 October 2000 to 26 October 2000, following the death in office of the then First Minister Donald Dewar, his deputy Jim Wallace became Acting First Minister, until the Labour party appointed a new leader, and consequently First Minister.
Following the election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP ) Donald Dewar becoming First Minister.
Smith was elected to the first Scottish Parliament in May 1999 to represent his home constituency of North East Fife and was appointed as Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business in the government of First Minister Donald Dewar.
His father, a Church of Scotland minister, conducted the funeral of the inaugural First Minister of Scotland, Donald Dewar at Glasgow Cathedral in 2000.
Browne joined the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee on his election, and became the Parliamentary Private Secretary ( PPS ) to the Secretary of State for Scotland Donald Dewar in 1998.
Following Tony Blair's election in May 1997, she was appointed Special Adviser to Donald Dewar when he became Secretary of State for Scotland.
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