Maurice Corry
{{Short description|Scottish politician (born 1950)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Maurice Corry
| honorific-suffix = TD
| image = MauriceCorryMSP.jpg
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| caption = Corry in 2016
| office = Member of the Scottish Parliament
for West Scotland
{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}}
| term_start = 6 May 2016
| term_end = 5 May 2021
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 1950}}
| birth_place = Helensburgh, Scotland
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| party = Scottish Conservative Party
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Maurice Charles Steuart-Corry TD is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region from the 2016 Scottish Parliament election until the 2021 election. He is currently the Provost of Argyll & Bute.
Career
=Army career=
Corry joined the British Army in 1972 serving initially with the 51st Highland Volunteers part of the Territorial Army.{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45733/supplement/8859|title=London Gazette|accessdate=26 May 2016}} Captain Corry was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1984.,{{cite web|title=London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49755/supplement/7756|accessdate=26 May 2016}} a first clasp to the medal in February 1994{{cite web|title=London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53595/supplement/2751|accessdate=26 May 2016}} and a second clasp in 1997{{cite web|title=London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54952/supplement/12938|accessdate=26 May 2016}} He was promoted to major in June 1984.{{cite web|title=London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49897/supplement/13957|accessdate=26 May 2016}} Major Corry was transferred to the Black Watch in February 1995.{{cite web|title=London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54116/supplement/10501|accessdate=26 May 2016}} He retired from the Royal Regiment of Scotland in September 2009.{{cite web|title=London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59296/supplement/54|accessdate=26 May 2016}}
=Political career=
Corry was elected to the Argyll and Bute council, representing Lomond North in 2012.{{cite web|title=2012 Election Results|url=https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/elections/results2012|website=Argyll and Bute Council|accessdate=26 May 2016}}
In 2016, Corry stood for the Scottish Parliament as the Conservative candidate for Dumbarton where he came third, then was elected from the West Scotland regional list.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/scotland-regions/S17000016 |title=Election 2016: West Scotland. Scottish Parliament region |work=BBC News |date=6 May 2016}} Corry sat on the Parliament's Public Petitions Committee.{{cite web|title=Maurice Corry MSP|url=http://www.parliament.scot/msps/currentmsps/maurice-corry-msp.aspx|website=Scottish Parliament|accessdate=23 June 2016}} After his election to the Scottish Parliament he also continued in his position as a local councillor.{{cite news |url=http://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/14607053.MSP_will_relinquish_his_role_as_policy_lead/ |title=MSP will relinquish his role as policy lead |work=Helensburgh Advertiser |date=8 July 2017|accessdate=6 September 2017}} He is the Conservative's spokesperson for veterans' affairs.{{cite web|title=Scottish Conservative appointments for new parliamentary term|url=http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2016/05/scottish-conservative-appointments-for-new-parliamentary-term/|website=Scottish Conservative Party|accessdate=26 May 2016}}
In May 2016 in a Holyrood EU Referendum debate, Corry voted to back the case to leave the European Union. He later explained he had pressed the wrong button during the vote.{{cite web|title=EU referendum debate how did your MSP vote?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36392370|website=BBC News|accessdate=26 May 2016}}
At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Corry contested the Dumbarton constituency, a Labour–SNP marginal where he came a distant third with 8.3% of the votes.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/scotland/constituencies/S16000096 |title=Elections 2021: Constituencies A-Z: Dumbarton |work=BBC News |accessdate=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516200701/https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/scotland/constituencies/S16000096 |archive-date=16 May 2021}} He was placed eighth on the Conservative list for West Scotland,{{cite web |last1=Sandra |first1=Black |title=Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest West Scotland Region Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll |url=https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/media/13384/Candidates-and-parties-nominated---West-Scotland-Region/pdf/Statement_of_persons_and_parties_nominated_and_Notice_of_poll_West_Scotland_Region_FINAL.pdf?m=1617206148130 |website=Renfrewshire Council |access-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210516194528/https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/media/13384/Candidates-and-parties-nominated---West-Scotland-Region/pdf/Statement_of_persons_and_parties_nominated_and_Notice_of_poll_West_Scotland_Region_FINAL.pdf?m=1617206148130 |archive-date=16 May 2021 |format=PDF}} so he did not win one of the region's three lists seats.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2021/scotland/regions/S17000018 |title=Elections 2021: West of Scotland [region] [sic], |work=BBC News |accessdate=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516195648/https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/scotland/regions/S17000018 |archive-date=16 May 2021}} Corry's low placement on the list followed his omission from a list of endorsements by a vetting committee set up by Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament.{{cite news |last1=Sanderson |first1=Daniel |title=MSP snubbed by Davidson's 'star chamber' blasts system as 'undemocratic' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/02/04/msp-snubbed-davidsons-star-chamber-blasts-system-undemocratic/ |access-date=16 May 2021 |work=Daily Telegraph |date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210516193912/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/02/04/msp-snubbed-davidsons-star-chamber-blasts-system-undemocratic/ |archive-date=16 May 2021}}
In the 2022 Council Election, he was returned once again to Argyll & Bute as a member for Lomond North, and was appointed Provost by the administration on 18 May 2022.{{Cite web |title=Argyll and Bute Council 2022 election results |url=https://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/20121617.argyll-bute-council-2022-election-results/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Helensburgh Advertiser |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2022-05-19 |title=Coalition takes control of Argyll and Bute Council |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61507402 |access-date=2022-05-21}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160330103514/http://argyll-bute.gov.uk/councillors/maurice-corry profile] on Argyll & Bute council
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Members of the Scottish Parliament 2016–2021
Category:Scottish Conservative councillors
Category:Councillors in Argyll and Bute
Category:People from Helensburgh
Category:Royal Regiment of Scotland officers
Category:51st Highland Volunteers officers
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