Michael Hirst (politician)

Sir Michael Hirst

Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden
In office 9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Sam Galbraith
Chairman of the Scottish Conservatives
In office 1993–1997
Succeeded by	Raymond Robertson

Personal details
Born	(1946-01-02) 2 January 1946 (age 78)
Political party	Conservatives
Spouse	Naomi Ferguson (m. 1972)
Children	3

Sir Michael William Hirst (born 2 January 1946) is a former Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician, chartered accountant and public relations consultant, company director and past president of the International Diabetes Federation.

Early life

Hirst studied at Glasgow Academy and the University of Glasgow. Before entering politics, Hirst had a career as a chartered accountant and partner in Peat Marwick, now KPMG.

Political career

Hirst fought several elections before being successful. In February and October 1974 he stood at Central Dunbartonshire without success. At the 1979 general election he contested East Dunbartonshire but was again defeated.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden at the 1983 general election, but lost the seat to Labour's Sam Galbraith at the 1987 election.

He was PPS at the Department of Energy from 1985 to 1987. He attempted to retake Strathkelvin and Bearsden in 1992 election but was beaten again by Galbraith, the same year he was knighted. In 1997 he was forced to resign his position as Scottish Conservative Chairman and Westminster candidate for the seat of Eastwood, in the wake of revelations about his private life, as he had had several previous homosexual affairs with other, younger Scottish Tories.^[1]^[2]^[3]

After Parliament

Hirst was subsequently the president of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association from 1989 to 1992 and chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party from 1993 to 1997, having been vice-chair 1987–1989.

He was knighted in 1992 for political and public service in 1992. He is chairman of the Scottish Division of ISKB, and a member of its council.

Hirst joined Pagoda Public Relations in 1998 and was appointed chairman in 2000. He attained his MCIPR in 2003.^[4] He is chairman of Millstream Associates Limited, Aberdeen. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Glasgow Caledonian University in 2004.

He was the first non-medical chairman of the board of trustees of Diabetes UK from 2001–2006 and was elected vice president of the International Diabetes Federation in 2006, serving in that position until he was elected president-elect in 2009. He took up office as president at the end of 2012, serving until December 2015.

Personal life

He has two daughters and one son with his wife, Naomi Ferguson, whom he married in 1972. In his spare time he enjoys golf, hill walking, theatre and skiing. He is a member of the Carlton Club in London and the Western Club in Glasgow.

References

^ "My date with Michael Portillo". www.newstatesman.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
^ "Fallen from grace". www.scotsman.com.
^ http://www.qrd.org/qrd/media/radio/thiswayout/summary/newswrap/1997/471-04.07.97 ^{[bare URL plain text file]}
^ http://www.pagodapr.com/webpages/biog_hirst.htm archived at

Times Guide to the House of Commons 1992
Lexis Nexis
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1983–1987	Succeeded by Sam Galbraith
Preceded by ?	Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 1993 – 1997	Succeeded by Raymond Robertson

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