Maurice Corry

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Maurice Corry
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Corry in 2016
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for West Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 2016 –5 May 2021
Personal details
BornJune 1950 (1950-06) (age 73)
Helensburgh, Scotland
Political party Scottish Conservative Party

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.

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Career

Army career

Corry joined the British Army in 1972 serving initially with the 51st Highland Volunteers part of the Territorial Army. [1] Captain Corry was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1984., [2] a first clasp to the medal in February 1994 [3] and a second clasp in 1997 [4] He was promoted to major in June 1984. [5] Major Corry was transferred to the Black Watch in February 1995. [6] He retired from the Royal Regiment of Scotland in September 2009. [7]

Political career

Corry was elected to the Argyll and Bute council, representing Lomond North in 2012. [8]

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. [9] Corry sat on the Parliamnet's Public Petitions Committee. [10] After his election to the Scottish Parliament he also continued in his position as a local councillor. [11] He is the Conservative's spokesperson for veterans' affairs. [12] 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. [13]

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. [14] He was placed eighth on the Conservative list for West Scotland, [15] so he did not win one of the region's three lists seats. [16] 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. [17]

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. [18] [19]

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