Political career
Halcro Johnston ran as the Scottish Conservatives' candidate in Moray at the 2005 UK general election,finishing runner up with 8,520 votes (22%). [5]
Halcro Johnston later stood for election to the Scottish Parliament at the 2007 election,coming last with 4,635 votes (11.7%),in Inverness East,Nairn and Lochaber. [6] [7]
At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election,Halcro Johnston contested the Orkney constituency,where he took 686 votes. [8]
He stood again in Orkney at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election,finishing third with 435 votes (4.1%). [9] Halcro Johnston was also placed fourth on the party list for the Highlands and Islands region. [10] The party,having gained 44,693 votes in the region,were entitled to three list seats with Halcro Johnston missing out. [11]
Halcro Johnston was the Conservative candidate for Orkney and Shetland at the 2017 general election,where he took fourth place with 2,024 votes (8.7%). [12]
In the Scottish Parliament
On 20 June 2017,Halcro Johnston was moved up the list to succeed Douglas Ross as a Highlands and Islands Member of the Scottish Parliament,after the latter was elected as an MP in the general election. [13] [14]
After entering the Scottish Parliament,he was appointed by party leader Ruth Davidson as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Shadow Minister for Jobs,Employability and Training. [15] He served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism,being appointed by leader Douglas Ross in 2020. [16]
In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election,Halcro Johnston stood in the Skye,Lochaber and Badenoch constituency,finishing in second place with 19.3% of the vote. [17] [18] He was placed fourth again on the Highlands and Islands regional list,though was re-elected this time,with the Scottish Conservatives increasing their number of MSPs in the region from three to four,at the expense of Scottish Labour. [19] [20]
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