Hector MacKenzie, Baron MacKenzie of Culkein

The Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
9 August 1999 – 8 July 2024
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Hector Uisdean MacKenzie

(1940-02-25) 25 February 1940 (age 84)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Anna Morrison
(m. 1961⁠–⁠1991)
Children4

Hector Uisdean MacKenzie, Baron MacKenzie of Culkein (born 25 February 1940) is a Scottish nurse and former trade union official.

The son of George MacKenzie and Williamina Sutherland, he was educated at the Isle of Erraid Public School in Argyll, the Aird Public School on the Isle of Lewis, the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, and the Portree High School in Skye. He went then to the Leverndale School of Nursing in Glasgow and the West Cumberland School of Nursing in Whitehaven.

MacKenzie was a student nurse at the Leverndale Hospital from 1958 to 1961 and West Cumberland Hospital from 1964 to 1966. Since 1969, he had worked for the Confederation of Health Service Employees, first as assistant regional secretary, then from 1970 to 1974 as regional secretary for Yorkshire and East Midlands. He was the national officer from 1974 to 1983, assistant general secretary from 1983 to 1987, and general secretary from 1987 to 1993.

MacKenzie is a member of UNISON and was its associate general secretary between 1993 and 2000.

In 1966 he received the Lindsay Robertson Gold Medal for Nurse of the Year, and in 1999 he was created a life peer as Baron MacKenzie of Culkein, of Assynt in Highland.[1][2]

MacKenzie of Culkein was married to Anna Morrison from 1961 to 1991; they have one son and three daughters.

Mackenzie retired from the House of Lords on 8 July.[3] He retains his peerage and title.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 55575". The London Gazette. 9 August 1999. p. 8573.
  2. ^ House of Lords (29 November 1999). "Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords". minutes of proceedings. Retrieved 25 October 2006.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Trade union offices
Preceded by Assistant General Secretary of the Confederation of Health Service Employees
1983–1987
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Secretary of the Confederation of Health Service Employees
1987–1993
Position abolished
Preceded by President of the Trades Union Congress
1999
Succeeded by
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron MacKenzie of Culkein
Followed by