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| honorific-prefix = Councillor | name = Elaine Murray | image = Elaine Murray.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = | office1 = Leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council | term_start1 = 23 May 2017 | deputy1 = Rob Davidson | predecessor1 = Ronnie Nicholson | office2 = Councillor for Nith, Dumfries & Galloway | term_start2 = 5 May 2017 | predecessor2 = Colin Smyth | office3 = Scottish Labour Group Leader, Dumfries & Galloway | term_start3 = 15 May 2017 | predecessor3 = Ronnie Nicholson | office4 = Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire Dumfries (1999-2011) | parliament4 = Scottish | majority4 = 3,170 (9.9%) | term_start4 = 6 May 1999 | term_end4 = 5 May 2016 | predecessor4 = Constituency created | successor4 = Oliver Mundell | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British | party = Scottish Labour Party | residence = Dumfries | alma_mater = University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge | occupation = Member of the Scottish Parliament}} Elaine Kildare Murray (born 22 December 1954, Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a Scottish Labour politician, Leader of Dumfries & Galloway Council and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfriesshire (previously Dumfries) since 1999. At the 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections, Murray increased her percentage share of the vote. She was Shadow Minister for the Environment in the Scottish Parliament.[1] She lost her seat in 2016. As of May 2017, Murray is one of four councillors in Dumfries & Galloway who represent the Nith ward and was elected the Group Leader of Labour in the council. BackgroundMurray was born in 1954 in Hertfordshire, where her Scottish parents lived at the time. She was brought up in Edinburgh where she was a pupil at The Mary Erskine School[2] and graduated with an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge, Murray first worked in scientific research, and from 1990-93 was an associate lecturer for the Open University.[3] She worked for Alex Smith, Member of the European Parliament. In 1994 Murray was elected as a Councillor on Strathclyde Regional Council and in 1995 to South Ayrshire Council, where she was Convenor of Educational Services.[3] Member of the Scottish ParliamentMurray was elected as Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dumfries Constituency following the first Scottish Parliamentary elections in May 1999.[1] She was re-elected in May 2003 and then again in May 2007. She was appointed Deputy Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport upon Jack McConnell becoming First Minister in 2001, a post she held until 2003. She has been a member of a number of Committees in the Scottish Parliament, including holding the post of Deputy Convenor of the Finance Committee between 2007 and 2008. Under Wendy Alexander's leadership Dr Murray was Enterprise Spokesman[1] and upon election of Iain Gray as Leader of the Labour Group in the Scottish Parliament, she was appointed Shadow Minister for the Environment.[1] She was a member of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee as well as Convenor of the Cross Party Groups on Science and Technology and Civil Nuclear Energy. She was also Vice-Convenor of the Life Sciences and Animal Welfare Cross Party Groups.[1] In the Scottish Parliament Election, 2016 Murray lost her seat to Oliver Mundell, a Conservative.[4] Scottish Labour Deputy Leadership bidIn September 2011 she announced her candidacy for the deputy leadership of the Scottish Labour Party.[5] She withdrew in early November after failing to gain enough nominations. She claimed she could have got the sufficient number of nominations but said it was clear the Deputy Leadership role would go to a Westminster MP.[6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32686.stm |title=Elaine Murray MSP |work=Democracy Live |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=5 October 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226191418/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32686.stm |archivedate=26 February 2015 |df= }} 2. ^School Details - Mary Erskine, The Guide to Independent Schools; retrieved 8 March 2014. 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/m/20432/Elaine%20Kildare+MURRAY.aspx |title=Dr Elaine Murray, MSP |work=Debrett's |accessdate=5 October 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606053920/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/m/20432/Elaine%20Kildare+MURRAY.aspx |archivedate=6 June 2013 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Holyrood 2016: Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson wins Edinburgh Central|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2016-scotland-36219380|newspaper=BBC News|date=6 May 2016|accessdate=9 May 2016}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-15099723|title=Elaine Murray to stand as Scottish Labour deputy leader|work=BBC News|accessdate=5 October 2011}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13039537.Labour_deputy_leader_bid_ends/|title=Labour deputy leader bid ends|website=Herald Scotland|accessdate=8 May 2016}} External links
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