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    Officegate was a political scandal in Scotland surrounding the unregistered expenses of the then-First Minister of Scotland, Henry McLeish, in 2001. It...
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    resigned the following year following a financial scandal referred to as "Officegate"; the first major scandal the Scottish Parliament had faced since its...
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    and External Affairs. In 2001, McLeish resigned in the aftermath of the Officegate scandal and McConnell was elected unopposed as the Scottish Labour leader...
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    officeholder. His term was dominated by his financial scandal, known as Officegate. The scandal resulted in McLeish's resignation on 8 November 2001. McLeish...
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    and eight MSPs at the 2003 Scottish Parliament election, despite the Officegate scandal unseating the previous Scottish Labour first minister, Henry McLeish...
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    Retrieved December 26, 2020. Miranda Hurst (November 8, 2001). "How the Officegate saga unfolded". BBC News. "Ex-Mauritius minister re-arrested for fraud"...
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  • one MP in 2001 and a further reduction to 27 MSPs in 2003 despite the Officegate scandal unseating previous First Minister Henry McLeish.[failed verification]...
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  • interests kept in the Parliamentary office, an affair which the press called Officegate. Though McLeish could not have personally benefited financially from the...
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    Common (a well-known gay cruising ground) and then lying about it (1998) Officegate (2001). Henry McLeish, Labour First Minister of Scotland, failed to refund...
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    Court of Session. It followed the resignation of Henry McLeish over the Officegate scandal. His term ended on 16 May 2007, following the defeat of the Scottish...
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