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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Date Elected	Until	Name	Birth	Death	Age at Election	Age at Death
9 Jun 1983	23 Oct 1990	Norman Findlay Buchan	27 Oct 1922	23 Oct 1990	60	67
29 Nov 1990	28 Jul 1997	Gordon James McMaster	13 Feb 1960	28 Jul 1997	30	37
6 Nov 1997	11 Apr 2005	Douglas Garven Alexander	26 Oct 1967		30	(58)

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7 returns loaded
2 notes loaded
66 > -999
adding Norman Findlay Buchan (1711) to list (19830609)
67 > 66
processing candidate 1: Norman Findlay Buchan (1711)
adding Gordon James McMaster (9219) to list (19901129)
68 > 67
processing note 0: (951/67): Death of Norman Buchan.
processing candidate 3: Gordon James McMaster (9219)
69 > 68
processing candidate 4: Gordon James McMaster (9219)
adding Douglas Garven Alexander (142) to list (19971106)
70 > 69
processing note 1: (1074/69): Death of Gordon McMaster.
processing candidate 6: Douglas Garven Alexander (142)
3 MPs found in total