Calum MacDonald
- January 9, 2024
- Politician
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Calum MacDonald |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Date Of Birth | May 7, 1956(1956-05-07) |
| Age | 68 |
| Birthplace | Stornoway |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | Stornoway |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
Calum MacDonald Biography
| Name | Calum MacDonald |
| Birthday | May 7 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | Stornoway |
| Home Town | Stornoway |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Calum MacDonald is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 7, 1956 in Stornoway, Stornoway, United Kingdom. He was born on 7 May 1956 and grew up on the Isle of Lewis. Educated at the Bayble School in Point, Outer Hebrides and Nicolson Institute, Stornoway, he went on to graduate from the University of Edinburgh with MA Honours in History and Politics.
Between 1991–95, he was a leading campaigner for Western military intervention in the former Yugoslavia and a persistent critic of the-then Government’s policy.
Between 1992–97, he was Chair of Labour Initiative on Co-operation (LINC), a Labour Party pressure group promoting co-operation with the Liberal Democrats.
A europhile, MacDonald was one of only five Labour MPs to vote for the Third Reading of the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, defying his party Whip, which was to abstain.
In 1990, he co-founded the Future of Europe Trust, which acted as a forum for young politicians across Eastern and Western Europe to progress their views on Europe. Between 1988-1992 he served on the Commons Select Committee on Agriculture. In 1991, he piloted his own Private Members Bill through the House of Commons, the Crofter Forestry Act, which has since led to the planting of mixed woodland by crofter communities in the Highlands and Islands.
Calum MacDonald Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Politician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Calum MacDonald is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Calum MacDonald 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Calum Alistair MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: Calum Alasdair Dòmhnallach; born 7 May 1956) was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the Western Isles from 1987 until he was defeated by Angus MacNeil of the Scottish National Party at the 2005 general election.
During the 1980s, MacDonald was a Teaching Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for three years where he also gained his PhD in Political Philosophy. He returned to the UK to help out with the family kitchen and bathroom fittings business.
His political interests are wide-ranging. MacDonald’s published journalism (The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, the Glasgow Herald and the New Statesman) include articles on: Northern Ireland; the Balkans; Russia; links between Labour and the Liberal Democrats; Voting Reform; the Debate on Clause IV, etc. He was an early advocate of European defence co-operation, in “A New Model Army” (Fabian Discussion Paper, 1991) and “European Security at the Crossroads” (in B Crawford and P Schulze, Ed, European Dilemmas after Maastricht, Centre for German and European Studies UC Berkeley, 1993).
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Facts & Trivia
Calum Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Calum MacDonald celebrates birthday on May 7 of every year.
Where is Calum MacDonald?
On 1 February 2021, the loan was made permanent as Macdonald signed an 18-month contract with Tranmere Rovers.
How old is Calum MacDonald Runrig?
68 years (November 12, 1953)
Who are the brothers in Runrig?
A FILM following the making of the first solo project of Runrig brothers Rory and Calum Macdonald is to be screened on Christmas Day. The Band From Rockall was inspired by the rock’n’roll music from America and Merseyside the pair listened to while growing up in the Highlands and Islands in the 1960s.
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Why did runrig split up?
The line-up during most of the 1980s and 1990s (the band’s most successful period) also included Donnie Munro, Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and Pete Wishart. Munro left the band in 1997 to pursue a career in politics and was replaced by Bruce Guthro. Wishart left in 2001 and was replaced by Brian Hurren.