Alastair Cranston
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| Birth name | Alastair Gerald Cranston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 December 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alastair Cranston is a Scottish National Party politician and a councillor on Scottish Borders Council for the Hawick and Denholm ward. He previously was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Hawick on 11 December 1949, in the Borders Region, he was recruited by the SNP, after failing to win the Scottish Conservative nomination, to contest the Hawick and Denholm ward for the party in the 2012 Scottish Borders Council election.[2] He polled 381 first preferences, and after transfers, secured the last seat in the ward on the sixth count at the expense of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
After the election the SNP formed a coalition administration with the Lib Dems and with Independents. He is a member of the following committees; Planning and Building Standards, Appeals Panel and Educational Appeals Panel.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Provincial career
He was capped by South of Scotland District.[3]
International career
He received two caps for Scotland 'B'; both against France 'B'. One came in 1972, the other came in 1974.
He later received full senior caps with Scotland; for whom he played as a Centre and won 19 caps between 1976 and 1981.[4]
Administrative career
In 2002, he was appointed Chief Executive of the Borders Reivers rugby union team.[5] His tenure lasted until 2005.[6]