Irene Oldfather
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Cunninghame South
In office
6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011
Preceded bynew constituency
Succeeded byMargaret Burgess
Majority2,168 (9.3%)
Personal details
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyScottish Labour Party
Alma materUniversity of Strathclyde

Irene Hamilton-Oldfather (born 1954 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour Party politician.[1] She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Cunninghame South constituency from 1999 until 2011, when she was defeated by the SNP's Margaret Burgess.[2]

During her time in Parliament, Oldfather served primarily on the European and External Relations Committee, acting as Convener for parts of both the 1999 and 2007 Sessions, and as Deputy Convener between 2003 and 2007. She was also co-chair of the Parliament's working group on prescription drug dependency.[3] She was a member of North Ayrshire Council, being first elected in 1995,[4] but was defeated in the 2017 Scottish local elections.[5] She served as the council's vice-chair for education.[6]

Oldfather is the director of the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland.[3] She was a history lecturer at the University of Arizona.[6]

She attended Bank Street Primary and Irvine Royal Academy.[7] She attended the University of Strathclyde, graduating with a BSc (Honours) and MSc in Politics.[8]

References

  1. ↑ About Irene Oldfather. Scottish Labour 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011. Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "MSP Margaret Burgess says farewell to Holyrood as the election campaign begins". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. Gannet Company. Newsquest Media Group. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 Swindon, Peter (30 May 2021). "Ministers urged to act to save chronic pain patients from prescription drug addiction". The Sunday Post. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Bochel, H M; Denver, D T. "Scottish Council Elections 1995" (PDF). electionscentre.co,uk. Election Studies. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Dunn, Ross (5 May 2017). "Tories to snub SNP but won't rule out coalition with other parties". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  6. 1 2 "One-liners all round in North Ayrshire". Tes. 2 February 1996. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Dunn, Ross (27 April 2017). "North Ayrshire Council elections: Meet the Irvine East candidates". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Irene Oldfather". Scottish Labour. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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