The Right Honourable The Lord Moonie |
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Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 11 April 2005 |
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Preceded by | Harry Gourlay |
Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born |
Dundee |
25 February 1947
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour Co-operative |
Spouse(s) | Sheila Ann Burt |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews |
Lewis George Moonie, Baron Moonie (born 25 February 1947 in Dundee) is a Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy from 1987 to 2005.
He attended the Grove Academy in Dundee. He studied Medicine at the Bute Medical School, University of St Andrews gaining his MB ChB in 1970. From the University of Edinburgh he gained an MSc in Community Medicine in 1981. He also became DPM in 1975, MRCPsych in 1979 and MFCM in 1984. From 1982-6, he was a councillor on Fife Regional Council.
From 1973-5 he was a trainee registrar in Psychiatry. From 1975-80 he was a research clinical pharmacologist and a medical advisor in the pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Edinburgh. From 1980-4, he was a trainee in Community Medicine for the Fife Health Board, becoming a Community Medicine Specialist from 1984-7.