Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a Glasgow, Dewar ya yi karatun Tarihi, kuma daga baya Dokar, a Jami'ar Glasgow. Kafin shiga siyasa, ya yi aiki a matsayin Lauyan a Glasgow. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 28, an zabe shi zuwa majalisar dokokin Birtaniya, wanda ke wakiltar Aberdeen ta Kudu daga 1966 zuwa 1970. Bayan ya rasa kujerarsa, ya koma shari'a har ma ya gabatar da nasa shirin tattaunawa na yammacin Juma'a a Radio Clyde. An sake zabar Dewar a zaben Glasgow Garscadden na shekarar 1978 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin dan majalisa har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekarar 2000. Bayan nasarar da Labour ta samu a shekarar 1997, Firayim Minista Tony Blair ya nada shi Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Scotland. A matsayinsa na sakataren Scotland, ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga rarraba Scotland, kuma ya yi kamfen don goyon bayan Majalisar Scottish a cikin raba gardama na Scottish na 1997.
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan nasarar yakin neman zabe, Dewar ya yi aiki a kan kirkirar Dokar Scotland 1998.