14 Facts About Phil Gallie

Philip Roy Gallie was a British Conservative Party politician.

Phil Gallie served in the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Ayr from 1992 to 1997, and then as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2007.

Phil Gallie held prominent offices within the Scottish Conservative Party.

Phil Gallie trained as an electrical fitter before joining the CEGB as a planning engineer.

Phil Gallie rose to be a station manager before entering politics.

Phil Gallie did not find success in his first two candidacies for Parliament.

Phil Gallie was elected as Member of Parliament at Westminster for the Ayr constituency in the 1992 general election.

Phil Gallie lost his seat, along with all other Conservatives in Scotland, at the 1997 general election.

Phil Gallie was elected to represent the South of Scotland area as a list member, having narrowly failed to win the Ayr constituency seat by 25 votes.

Phil Gallie again stood unsuccessfully for the Ayr Westminster seat in 2001, but was re-elected in the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, again as a list member.

Phil Gallie later stood for the leadership of the Conservative group in the Scottish Parliament, but lost to David McLetchie, and instead became the Scottish Conservative's spokesman on constitutional affairs.

Phil Gallie did not stand for re-election in 2007, intending to focus on his ambition of becoming a Member of the European Parliament.

Phil Gallie was initially selected to contest the 2010 United Kingdom general election in the Central Ayrshire constituency, but Maurice Golden was eventually chosen as the election was not held until May 2010.

Phil Gallie was still active in politics when he unexpectedly died at his home in Ayr, on 24 January 2011, at the age of 71.