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* 8 November - Three men of [[Pakistani]] origin sentenced to life imprisonment for the racist [[Murder of Kriss Donald|murder of Kriss Donald]] in [[Glasgow]]. |
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* 16 November - [[Andy Kerr]] wins [[Scottish Politician of the Year]] award.<ref>[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/andy-kerr-is-scottish-politician-of-the-year-1.4676 Andy Kerr is Scottish Politician of the Year] heraldscotland.com, 17 November 2006</ref> |
* 16 November - [[Andy Kerr]] wins [[Scottish Politician of the Year]] award.<ref>[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/andy-kerr-is-scottish-politician-of-the-year-1.4676 Andy Kerr is Scottish Politician of the Year] heraldscotland.com, 17 November 2006</ref> |
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* 24–26 November - [[Scottish Labour Party]] conference, [[Oban]]. |
* 24–26 November - [[Scottish Labour Party]] conference, [[Oban]]. |
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2006 |
2006 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
- First Minister and Keeper of the Great Seal - Jack McConnell (since 22 November 2001)
Events
January
- January 1 - Transport Scotland begins operations as an agency of the Scottish Executive.[1]
- January 7 - Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats resigns after revelations that he has a drinking problem.[2]
February
- February - National Theatre of Scotland established as a peripatetic company.
- February 9 - Dunfermline and West Fife by-election: Willie Rennie of the Liberal Democrats is the winner, the first time the Labour Party have ever lost a seat they were defending to the Liberal Democrats, the SDP or the Liberal Party at a Scottish by-election
March
- March 2
- Sir Menzies Campbell is elected leader of the Liberal Democrats following an election caused by the resignation of Charles Kennedy.
- Four people are injured in an explosion in a GlaxoSmithKline factory in Irvine, North Ayrshire.
- March 15–26 - Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
- March 28 - Royal Regiment of Scotland created.
April
- April 27 - Moray by-election: Richard Lochhead holds the seat in the Scottish Parliament for the Scottish National Party.[3]
May
- May 30 - Scottish TV and Grampian TV both relaunched under the new name of STV.
June
July
August
- 21 August – The first modern solely Gaelic-medium school to offer secondary education, Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, is opened at Woodside in Glasgow.[4]
- The Scottish Crossbill is finally confirmed as a unique species.[5]
September
- September 3 - Establishment of Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement, a breakaway from the Scottish Socialist Party.
October
- 5 October - Rt. Hon. Elish Angiolini, QC, appointed as Lord Advocate. She is the first woman, first Procurator Fiscal, and the first solicitor to be appointed to the post.
November
- 8 November - Three men of Pakistani origin sentenced to life imprisonment for the racist murder of Kriss Donald in Glasgow.
- 16 November - Andy Kerr wins Scottish Politician of the Year award.[6]
- 24–26 November - Scottish Labour Party conference, Oban.
- 25–26 November - Aberdeen Cup tennis tournament.[7]
Organisations established
- National Theatre of Scotland
- Royal Regiment of Scotland
- Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement
- STV
- Transport Scotland
Organisations disestablished
Deaths
- January 5- Rachel Squire, Labour MP (b. 1954)
- January 31- Moira Shearer, ballet dancer and actress (b. 1926)
- February 10- John Prentice, football player and manager (b. 1926)
- February 28- Hugh McCartney, former Labour MP (b. 1920)
- March 3- Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter and humourist (b. 1923)
- March 13- Jimmy Johnstone, footballer; member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame (b. 1944)
- March 21- Margaret Ewing, Scottish National Party MSP and former MP (b. 1945)
- March 27- Ian Hamilton Finlay, writer, artist and gardener (b. 1925)
- April 9 - Robin Orr, composer (b. 1909)
- April 13 - Muriel Spark, novelist (b. 1918)
- April 17 - Calum Kennedy, singer (b. 1928)
- May 17 - Eric Forth, former Conservative MP (b. 1944)
- July 6 - Tom Weir, climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
- August 30 - Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, former Conservative and Unionist MP (b. 1922)
- September 15 - Douglas Henderson, former Scottish National Party MP (b. 1935)
References
- ^ Transport Scotland Freedom of Information (FoI) Publication Scheme www.transportscotland.gov.uk, accessed 26 September 2011
- ^ Embattled Kennedy quits as leader BBC News, 7 January, 2006
- ^ SNP sweeps to v ictory in by-election Moray majority rises as Tory hopes dashed www.heraldscotland.com, 28 April, 2006
- ^ Opening day for new Gaelic school BBC News, 21 August 2006
- ^ "Status of 'UK's only endemic bird species' confirmed", RSPB Scotland
- ^ Andy Kerr is Scottish Politician of the Year heraldscotland.com, 17 November 2006
- ^ Aberdeen Cup 2006