Dewar government

Dewar government
Dewar government
; 1st government of Scotland
1999–2000
Date formed	17 May 1999
Date dissolved	11 October 2000
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
First Minister	Donald Dewar
First Minister's history	1999–2000
Deputy First Minister	Jim Wallace
Member parties	Labour Party; Liberal Democrats;
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) ; 72 / 129 (56%) ; ; ;
Opposition party	Scottish National Party
Opposition leader	Alex Salmond (1999-2000) ; John Swinney (2000)
History
Election	1999 general election
Legislature term	1st Scottish Parliament
Successor	McLeish government

Donald Dewar formed the Dewar government on 17 May 1999 following his appointment as the inaugural First Minister of Scotland. The first devolved executive of Scotland, it consisted of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, who formed a coalition on 14 May 1999.^[1] The government dissolved and was succeeded by the McLeish government in the aftermath of Dewar's death on 11 October 2000.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cabinet

May 1999 to October 2000

Cabinet of Donald Dewar^[6]
Portfolio	Minister	Term
Cabinet ministers
First Minister	The Rt Hon Donald Dewar MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Deputy First Minister	Jim Wallace QC MSP	1999–2005	Lib Dem
Minister for Justice	Jim Wallace QC MSP	1999–2003	Lib Dem
Minister for Finance	Jack McConnell MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Health and Community Care	Susan Deacon MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Communities	Wendy Alexander MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Transport and the Environment	Sarah Boyack MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning	Henry McLeish MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Minister for Rural Affairs	Ross Finnie MSP	1999–2000	Lib Dem
Minister for Children and Education	Sam Galbraith MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Also attending cabinet meetings
Permanent Secretary	Muir Russell	1999–2003	Independent
Chief Whip and Government Business Manager	Tom McCabe MSP	1999–2000	Labour
Lord Advocate	The Rt Hon Colin Boyd QC	2000–2006	Labour

Changes

Lord Hardie unexpectedly resigned from his post as Lord Advocate on 17 February 2000. The post was filled by the then Solicitor General, Colin Boyd, who was in turn replaced by Neil Davidson.^[7]

Junior ministers

Junior ministers^[8]
Post	Minister		Term	Party
Deputy Minister for Children and Education		Peter Peacock MSP	1999–2000	Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Culture and Sport		Rhona Brankin MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Social Inclusion, Equality and the Voluntary Sector		Jackie Baillie MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Local Government		Frank McAveety MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning		Nicol Stephen MSP	1999–2000	Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic		Alasdair Morrison MSP	1999–2000	Labour Party
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care		Iain Gray MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Minister for Justice (with particular responsibility for Land Reform)		Angus MacKay MSP	1999–2000
Deputy Business Manager and Liberal Democrat Whip		Iain Smith MSP	1999–2000	Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs (with particular responsibility for Fisheries)		John Home Robertson MSP	1999–2000	Labour Party
Solicitor General for Scotland		Colin Boyd QC	May 1999–Feb. 2000
Solicitor General for Scotland		Neil Davidson QC	Feb. 2000–Oct. 2000

References

^ "Scottish coalition deal unveiled". BBC News. 14 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "'Father of nation' dies". BBC News. 11 October 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "Scottish coalition deal in full". BBC News. 14 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "'Second 11' revealed by Dewar". BBC News. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Dewar mixes old and new faces". BBC News. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Scottish Ministers". 11 November 1999. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ "Swift response over Hardie resignation". BBC News. 17 February 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ "Ministers, Law Officers and Ministerial Parliamentary Aides by Cabinet: Session 1" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[1] "Scottish coalition deal unveiled". BBC News. 14 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[BBC11OCT-2] "'Father of nation' dies". BBC News. 11 October 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[3] "Scottish coalition deal in full". BBC News. 14 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[4] "'Second 11' revealed by Dewar". BBC News. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[5] "Dewar mixes old and new faces". BBC News. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[6] "Scottish Ministers". 11 November 1999. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

[BBC17Feby-7] "Swift response over Hardie resignation". BBC News. 17 February 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[Sgcompparli1999-8] "Ministers, Law Officers and Ministerial Parliamentary Aides by Cabinet: Session 1" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

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v t e Scottish Parliaments and Governments
1st Parliament (1999–2003)	Dewar (1999–2000) McLeish (2000–2001) McConnell I (2001–2003)
2nd Parliament (2003–2007)	McConnell II (2003–2007)
3rd Parliament (2007–2011)	Salmond I (2007–2011)
4th Parliament (2011–2016)	Salmond II (2011–2014) Sturgeon I (2014–2016)
5th Parliament (2016–2021)	Sturgeon II (2016–2021)
6th Parliament (2021–2026)	Sturgeon III (2021–2023) Yousaf I (2023–2024) Yousaf II (2024) Swinney (2024–present)

v t e Scottish Labour
Leaders	Donald Dewar (1999–2000) Henry McLeish (2000–2001) Jack McConnell (2001–2007) Wendy Alexander (2007–2008) Iain Gray (2008–2011) Johann Lamont (2011–2014) Jim Murphy (2014–2015) Kezia Dugdale (2015–2017) Richard Leonard (2017–2021) Anas Sarwar (2021–present)
Deputy leaders	Henry McLeish (1999–2000) Cathy Jamieson (2000–2008) Johann Lamont (2008–2011) Anas Sarwar (2011–2014) Kezia Dugdale (2014–2015) Alex Rowley (2015–2017) Lesley Laird (2017–2019) Jackie Baillie (2020–present)
General secretaries	Ben Shaw (1914–1931) Arthur Woodburn (1932–1939) John Taylor (1939–1951) Willie Marshall (1951–1977) Helen Liddell (1977–1988) Murray Elder (1988–1992) Jack McConnell (1992–1998) Alex Rowley (1998–1999) Lesley Quinn (1999–2008) Colin Smyth (2008–2013) Ian Price (2013–2014) Brian Roy (2014–2019) Michael Sharpe (2019–2020) Drew Smith (2020–2021) James Kelly (2021–2023) John Paul McHugh (2023–present)
Current MSPs	Jackie Baillie Claire Baker Neil Bibby Sarah Boyack Foysol Choudhury Katy Clark Pam Duncan-Glancy Rhoda Grant Mark Griffin Daniel Johnson Monica Lennon Richard Leonard Michael Marra Pauline McNeill Carol Mochan Paul O'Kane Alex Rowley Anas Sarwar Colin Smyth Paul Sweeney Mercedes Villalba Martin Whitfield
Current MPs	Zubir Ahmed Douglas Alexander Scott Arthur Johanna Baxter Maureen Burke Irene Campbell Torcuil Crichton Graeme Downie Patricia Ferguson Alan Gemmell Tracy Gilbert John Grady Lillian Jones Chris Kane Brian Leishman Douglas McAllister Martin McCluskey Blair McDougall Gordon McKee Frank McNally Kirsty McNeill Chris Murray Ian Murray Katrina Murray Pamela Nash Gregor Poynton Joani Reid Martin Rhodes Michael Shanks Euan Stainbank Kenneth Stevenson Elaine Stewart Kirsteen Sullivan Alison Taylor Imogen Walker Melanie Ward
Organisation	Scottish Executive Committee Scottish Labour Conference Scottish Policy Forum Scottish Labour Students Scottish Young Labour Campaign for Socialism
Scottish governments	Dewar (1999–2000) McLeish (2000–2001) 1st McConnell (2001–2003) 2nd McConnell (2003–2007)
Leadership elections	1999 Dewar 2000 McLeish 2001 McConnell 2007 Alexander 2008 Gray 2011 Lamont 2014 Murphy 2015 Dugdale 2017 Leonard 2021 Sarwar
Deputy leadership elections	2000 Jamieson 2008 Lamont 2011 Sarwar 2014 Dugdale 2015 Rowley 2018 Laird 2020 Baillie