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1182: 25: 522: 349:, Morrison was elected as the MSP for the Western Isles. He served as Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic and as Deputy Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning and Gaelic in the 398:
In May 2006, he was accused of a conflict of interest after raising questions in Holyrood to help the Scottish Golf Union, who at the time were represented by a firm run by Morrison's brother.
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where he was one of only two candidates in the entire election to win over 40% of the votes cast in their constituency and not win the seat, the other being
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until November 2001. He was a member of the Environment and Rural Development Committee. He was re-elected at the
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and Stornoway. He was employed as a news reporter and contributed to television and radio news programmes in both
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Westminster seat, coming second behind the sitting SNP MP
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