Duncan McNeil [SEP] position held
Duncan McNeil
Duncan McNeil (born 7 September 1950, Greenock) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, and was Member of the Scottish Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde from 1999 until 2016.
Career.
From 1965 to 1979 he worked as a boilermaker at Scott Lithgow, initially as an apprentice. After working as a co-ordinator for the Unemployed Workers Centres in Glasgow he became a full-time official in the GMB Union in 1981 and later a Regional Organiser.
For six years prior to his election from
of Staff position under President Ronald Reagan). This made the seat open.
Democratic nomination.
Democrats nominated Representative and future Vice President of the United States Al Gore, whose father Albert Gore, Sr. once held the other Tennessee Senate seat.
Republican primary.
Candidates:
- State Senator Victor Ashe
- Jack McNeil
- Hubert David Patty
In primary, held on August 2, Ashe easily emerged as a winner:
- Ashe - 145,744 (86.47%)
- McNeil -