Gerry Malone

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Gerry Malone
John Browne
Succeeded byMark Oaten
Member of Parliament
for Aberdeen South
In office
9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987
Preceded byIain Sproat
Succeeded byFrank Doran
Personal details
Born (1950-07-21) 21 July 1950 (age 73)
Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyConservative
EducationSt Aloysius' College, Glasgow
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

Peter Gerald "Gerry" Malone (born 21 July 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1992 to 1997.

Early life

Born in Glasgow, Malone was educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, and attended the University of Glasgow.[1]

Early career

Glasgow candidacies

He was the

Hugh Brown. He made other unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the House of Commons at Glasgow Pollok at the October 1974 general election, Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk at the 1979 general election, and the Glasgow Hillhead by-election in 1982 (where he lost the traditionally Conservative seat to Roy Jenkins of the Social Democratic Party
).

MP for Aberdeen South

He was elected as MP for

Frank Doran of Labour at the 1987 general election.[2][3] During this time he served as an assistant Government whip, from 10 February 1986 to 15 June 1987.[4]

Re-entering Parliament

MP for Winchester

He re-entered Parliament in 1992, representing the "safe" Conservative seat of Winchester.

In May 1992 Malone became a

Dame Angela Rumbold in the post. He left the post in July 1994 and was succeeded by Rumbold, Michael Dobbs and John Maples.[5]

He was appointed a

the secretary of state
.

1997 contested seat of Winchester

Malone unexpectedly lost his Winchester seat at the 1997 general election by two votes, to the Liberal Democrat candidate Mark Oaten.[6] Malone challenged the result in the high court, and it was declared void, causing a by-election. Malone trailed Oaten by 21,566 votes in the resulting by-election.[7]

Commercial chairmanships

Malone was chairman of Regent-GM, a supplier of generic drugs to the National Health Service (NHS) and a subsidiary of Nadhmi Auchi's General Mediterranean Holding. The company was wound up in 2004 after being accused of colluding with five other pharmaceuticals companies to overcharge the NHS for drugs.[8]

Malone served until September 2014 as a non-executive chairman of

cognitive behavioural therapy
software.

He is currently chairman of a range of US mutual funds and serves on the board of the Washington-based Mutual Funds Directors Forum (MFDF); Malone is a director of two US healthcare companies, Bionik Labs and Medality Medical.

Writer and broadcaster

Malone was Scottish editor of The Sunday Times from 1987 to 1990 and a broadcaster on BBC Radio Scotland and Radio Clyde from 1987 to 1992. He is currently opera critic of Reaction.life, an online news, commentary and arts publication.

References

  1. ISBN 0-333-52617-1
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-19-827875-7. Pages 110 and 144
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-333-64682-3. Pages 159, 230, and 247
    .
  4. ISBN 0-333-52617-1
    .
  5. ISBN 0-333-52617-1
    .
  6. ^ "Election petitions". BBC News. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Gerry Malone: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. London.
  8. ^ Bowers, Simon (6 April 2006). "Five companies charged in NHS price fixing row". The Guardian. London.
  9. ^ "Directors". Ultrasis. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Aberdeen South
1983–1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
John Browne
 Member of Parliament
for Winchester
1992–1997 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
 Assistant Government Whip
1986–1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Health
1994–1997 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Dame Angela Rumbold
Dame Angela Rumbold
 		Succeeded by
Dame Angela Rumbold
Michael Dobbs
John Maples
Media offices
Preceded by Editor of The European
1998 		Magazine closed
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