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No. 1 Wednesday 12 May 1999
The meeting opened at 9.30 am .
1. Oaths and Affirmations: The following members took the oath of allegiance or made their solemn affirmation before the Clerk—
| Oath |
Affirmation |
| Donald Campbell Dewar |
Winifred Margaret Ewing |
| David William McLetchie |
Dennis Canavan |
| Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond |
Robin Harper |
| James Robert Wallace |
Tommy Sheridan |
| William Mackie Aitken |
Brian James Adam |
| Wendy Alexander |
Sarah Boyack |
| Jacqueline Marie Baillie |
Thomas Scott Barrie |
| Colin MacIver Campbell |
Rhona Margaret Brankin |
| Margaret Patricia Curran |
Christine Grahame |
| Catherine Craigie |
Robert Edward Brown |
| Patricia Josephine Ferguson |
Roseanna Cunningham |
| James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton |
Malcolm George Richardson Chisholm |
| David Davidson |
Robert Hardie Bruce Crawford |
| Alexander Charles Onslow Fergusson |
Susan Catherine Deacon |
| Karen Macdonald Gillon |
Linda Fabiani |
| Helen Stirling Eadie |
Kenneth James Gibson |
Philip Roy Gallie |
Margaret Anne Ewing |
| Annabel MacNicoll Goldie |
Patricia Godman |
| Fergus Stewart Ewing |
Hugh Henry |
| James Ross Finnie |
Catherine Mary Jamieson |
| Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie |
Richard Neilson Lochhead |
| Rhoda Grant |
George Lyon |
| Iain Cumming Gray |
Kathleen MacLean |
| Duncan Graeme Hamilton |
Johann MacDougall Lamont |
| Keith Harding |
Michael Joseph McMahon |
| Samuel Laird Galbraith |
Tricia Marwick |
| John Home Robertson |
Elaine Margaret Thomson |
| Janis Hughes |
Kenneth Wright MacAskill |
| William Gordon Jackson |
Elaine Kildare Murray |
| Fiona Jane Hyslop |
Fiona Grace McLeod |
| Sylvia Jackson |
John McAllion |
| Richard John Simpson |
Jack Wilson McConnell |
| Adam Hamilton Ingram |
Henry Baird McLeish |
| Alexander Johnstone |
Alasdair Neil Morgan |
| Marilyn Margaret Livingstone |
Kenneth Donald Macintosh |
| Margaret Nelson Jamieson |
Ian McWilliam Welsh |
| Roderick Lewis Macdonald |
Shona Robison |
| Ian Archibald Jenkins |
Nora Radcliffe |
| Paul Nicholas Johnston |
Desmond McNulty |
| Dorothy-Grace Douglas Elder |
Andrew Paton Welsh |
| Irene Margaret McGugan |
Catherine Campbell Peattie |
| Maureen Mary Macmillan |
Nicola Sturgeon |
| Paul Martin |
Iain William Smith |
| Lyndsay June McIntosh |
Catherine Morrison Ullrich |
| Duncan McNeil |
Michael Goodall Watson |
| Margo MacDonald |
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| Angus John Mackay |
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| Pauline Mary McNeill |
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| Francis McAveety |
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| Thomas McCabe |
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| Michael Stephen Matheson |
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| John Farquhar Munro |
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| James Angus Roderick Neil McGrigor |
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| Alexander Neil |
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| Mary Elizabeth Scanlon |
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| Irene Oldfather |
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| Bristow Cook Muldoon |
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| George Newlands Reid |
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| Margaret Mary Mulligan |
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| David Gordon Mundell |
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| Alasdair Angus Morrison |
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| Euan Macfarlane Robson |
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| Lloyd John Quinan |
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| Andrew Palmer Kerr |
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| Brian Monteith |
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| Peter James Peacock |
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| Keith William Twort Raffan |
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| Tavish Hamilton Scott |
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| Elaine Agnes Smith |
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| Michael John Rumbles |
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| Margaret Joy Smith |
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| Michael William Russell |
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| Robert Ben Lobban Wallace |
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| Gil Martin Paterson |
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| Sir David Martin Scott Steel |
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| Jamie Hume Stone |
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| Sandra White |
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| John Ramsay Swinney |
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| Karen Whitefield |
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| Andrew John Wilson |
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| John Henderson Young |
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| Neil Murray Tosh |
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| Allan Wilson |
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| Nicol Ross Stephen |
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2. Election of Presiding Officer: The following members were nominated as candidates for appointment as Presiding Officer—
Mr George Reid
Sir David Steel
The result of the first round of voting was—
Mr George Reid 44
Sir David Steel 82
Abstentions 3
Sir David Steel was duly elected as Presiding Officer.
The meeting was adjourned from 3.00 pm to 3.40 pm .
3. Election of Deputy Presiding Officers: The following members were nominated as candidates for appointment as Deputy Presiding Officer—
Patricia Ferguson
Mr George Reid
John Young
The result of the first round of voting in the election for the first Deputy Presiding Officer was—
Patricia Ferguson 54
Mr George Reid 54
John Young 17
Abstentions 1
Spoilt papers 2
Accordingly, John Young was eliminated at that round and a second round of voting was held. The result of that round of voting was—
Patricia Ferguson 66
Mr George Reid 59
Abstentions 2
Patricia Ferguson was duly elected as a Deputy Presiding Officer.
The candidates in the election for the second Deputy Presiding Officer were—
Mr George Reid
John Young
The result of the first round of voting in that election was—
Mr George Reid 72
John Young 34
Abstentions 22
Mr George Reid was duly elected as a Deputy Presiding Officer.
The meeting closed at 4.44 pm.
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