Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism[a]
In office 18 May 2016 – 20 May 2021
First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by
Richard Lochhead
Succeeded by
Mairi Gougeon
Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism
In office 20 May 2011 – 18 May 2016
First Minister
Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon
Preceded by
Jim Mather
Succeeded by
Paul Wheelhouse
Minister for Community Safety
In office 17 May 2007 – 20 May 2011
First Minister
Alex Salmond
Preceded by
Johann Lamont
Succeeded by
Roseanna Cunningham
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Inverness and Nairn
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber 1999–2011)
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 May 1999
Preceded by
Parliament re-established
Majority
9,114 (20.0%)
Personal details
Born
(1957-09-23) 23 September 1957 (age 66) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party
Scottish National Party
(suspended for one week on 27 February 2024)
Spouse
Margaret McAdam
(m. 1983; died 2006)
Parent
Winnie Ewing
Relatives
Annabelle Ewing (sister)
Alma mater
University of Glasgow
Fergus Stewart Ewing (born 23 September 1957) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism from 2016 to 2021,[a] having previously held two junior ministerial posts. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999, representing Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber until 2011, and then its successor seat Inverness and Nairn.
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Fergus Stewart Ewing (born 23 September 1957) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for...
brother, FergusEwing, is also an MSP in the Scottish Parliament, and their mother, Winnie Ewing, previously served as an MSP, MP and MEP. Ewing was born...
alongside their plans to phase out the natural gas industry. The SNP MSP FergusEwing, who was later suspended from the SNP group in parliament for a week...
homosexuality in schools), she joined her son FergusEwing in abstaining, although her daughter in law Margaret Ewing supported repeal as did the majority of...
to FergusEwing in 1983, who is the son of Winnie Ewing and who also became a Member of the Scottish Parliament. Her sister-in-law Annabelle Ewing is...
council tax freeze and 45% and 48% income tax rates for higher earners. FergusEwing loses his appeal against a week-long suspension from the SNP group at...
represented by Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) FergusEwing These existing constituencies are effectively subdivisions of the Highland...
45%. Current elected officials Provost Laurie Fraser Drew Hendry MP FergusEwing MSP In 1617 Nairn selected John Dunbar of Moynes as the Member of Parliament...
to challenge key Bute House Agreement policies. Former SNP Minister FergusEwing criticised the agreement's policies advocated from the Greens like deposit...
Leader of the SNP was held at the same time, with Sturgeon defeating FergusEwing and Christine Grahame. Alex Salmond led the Scottish National Party (SNP)...
against a four year sentence for fraud. 27 September – Former SNP minister FergusEwing is suspended from the party for a week after voting against the Scottish...
Margaret Ewing, on the grounds that the issue could prove an embarrassment to the party. Cunningham said the affair had begun after Bain and Ewing had separated...
Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2010. "FergusEwing MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 11 October 2015. "Independents in...
council tax freeze and 45% and 48% income tax rates for higher earners. FergusEwing loses his appeal against a week-long suspension from the SNP group at...
founding members retired prior to the 2021 election): Jackie Baillie, FergusEwing and John Swinney have been elected six times under the same constituency...
was relaunched on the Local Energy Scotland website on 5 March 2014 by FergusEwing MSP. Local Energy Scotland has a network of development officers across...
that Margaret Ewing MSP would be retiring. He beat Margaret Ewing's sister-in-law, former MP Annabelle Ewing in the selection. Ewing's premature death...
served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command FergusEwing – SNP politician Sir Nicholas Fairbairn – Conservative politician, former...
seek re-election to the 6th Scottish Parliament, with Fiona Hyslop and FergusEwing standing down from government. This left Sturgeon with many empty posts...
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Humza Yousaf John Swinney Preceded by FergusEwing Minister for Public Health and Sport In office 21 December 2020 – 20...
Parliament and Scottish Parliament. Mother of FergusEwing and Annabelle Ewing. Mother-in-law of Margaret Ewing. She was made a life peer as Baroness Fisher...
Margaret Ewing was the Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire 1974–79, and MP for Moray 1987–2001. Wife of fellow MSP FergusEwing, daughter in...