Gordon James McMaster was a Scottish politician. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Paisley South at a by-election in 1990, following the death of Norman Buchan, and retained the seat until his own death in 1997. McMaster had previously been leader of Renfrew District Council. He served as an opposition whip but was dismissed when his health broke down.

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  • Gordon James McMaster was a Scottish politician. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Paisley South at a by-election in 1990, following the death of Norman Buchan, and retained the seat until his own death in 1997. McMaster had previously been leader of Renfrew District Council. He served as an opposition whip but was dismissed when his health broke down. McMaster began to suffer chronic fatigue which he ascribed to the effects of organophosphate chemicals which he used in his previous career as a horticulturalist; he also began drinking heavily. When the Labour Party came to power at the 1997 general election, McMaster was not offered a government post and his drinking became even more severe. He committed suicide two months after the election, aged 37, by inhaling car exhaust fumes in his garage, leaving behind a note in which he accused two fellow Labour MPs, Don Dixon and Tommy Graham, of having made his life difficult.
  • Gordon James McMaster oli brittiläinen poliitikko. Hän istui vuosina 1990–1997 parlamentin jäsenenä skotlantilaisesta Paisley Southin vaalipiiristä. McMaster seurasi parlamentaarikkona Norman Buchania ja istui sen jäsenenä, kunnes teki itsemurhan 37-vuotiaana. Hänen paikkansa otti Douglas Alexander.
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  • Gordon James McMaster was a Scottish politician. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Paisley South at a by-election in 1990, following the death of Norman Buchan, and retained the seat until his own death in 1997. McMaster had previously been leader of Renfrew District Council. He served as an opposition whip but was dismissed when his health broke down.
  • Gordon James McMaster oli brittiläinen poliitikko. Hän istui vuosina 1990–1997 parlamentin jäsenenä skotlantilaisesta Paisley Southin vaalipiiristä. McMaster seurasi parlamentaarikkona Norman Buchania ja istui sen jäsenenä, kunnes teki itsemurhan 37-vuotiaana. Hänen paikkansa otti Douglas Alexander.
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  • Gordon McMaster
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