Ian McKee
{{Short description|UK politician (born 1940)}}
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| term_start = 3 May 2007
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Ian McKee (born 1940) is an English-born Scottish National Party politician.{{cite news |last1=Newsroom |title=Ian McKee: 'Country needs more politicians like him' |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/letters/ian-mckee-country-needs-more-politicians-him-1718227 |work=Scotsman |date=29 May 2010 |language=en}} He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region from 2007 to 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/26621.aspx|title=Previous MSPs: Session 3 (2007–2011): Ian McKee MSP|publisher=The Scottish Parliament|accessdate=31 December 2013}}
Early life
Born in South Shields, England, McKee was educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh and at the University of Edinburgh. He then became a hospital doctor in the National Health Service, before becoming a Medical Officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1966 to 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/ian_mckee/index.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831234638/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/ian_mckee/index.htm |title=Ian McKee MSP biography pages|archivedate=31 August 2010| publisher=Scottish Parliament}} He worked as a general practitioner in a medical practice in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. He formerly wrote a column in The Scotsman newspaper.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/ian_mckee/roi.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831235331/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/ian_mckee/roi.htm|archivedate=31 August 2010 |title=Ian McKee: Register of Interest |publisher=Scottish Parliament}}
Political career
McKee was elected during the 2007 election for the Lothians region.{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghsouthsnp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=36|title=Elections May 2007|publisher=Edinburgh South SNP|accessdate=31 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530105105/http://www.edinburghsouthsnp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=36|archivedate=30 May 2008|df=dmy-all}}
In 2010, at the age of 70, he announced that he would not be standing for re-election.{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/ian-mckee-reveals-plan-to-quit-holyrood-1-1246309|title=Ian McKee reveals plan to quit Holyrood|work=The Scotsman |date=29 May 2010 |accessdate=31 December 2013}}
References
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External links
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Category:British general practitioners
Category:People from South Shields
Category:Politicians from Tyne and Wear
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:People educated at Fettes College
Category:Royal Air Force Medical Service officers