1994 in Scotland
overview of Scotland-related events during the year of 1994
Events from the year 1994 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Ian Lang
Law officers
Lord Advocate – Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Dawson
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Hope
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Philip
Events
March – Strathclyde water referendum indicates overwhelming opposition to the privatisation of water.
5 May – elections are held for Scotland's Regional Councils.
19 May – Robert Black, jailed for life four years ago for abducting a seven-year-old girl in the Scottish Borders, is found guilty of murdering three girls in the 1980s and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 35 years. Black dies in HMP Maghaberry in Northern Ireland of a heart attack in January 2016.
25 April – Dundee Institute of Technology elevated to the status of Abertay University.
2 June – Chinook crash on Mull of Kintyre: An RAF Chinook helicopter carrying more than twenty leading intelligence experts crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, killing everyone on board.
9 June – European elections result in Labour winning six of Scotland's eight MEPs, with the SNP winning the other two.
25 June – The Greenock rail accident, caused by vandals placing concrete blocks on the rails, kills two people.
30 June – Monklands East by-election results in the Labour Party retaining the seat despite a swing of 19.2% to the SNP.
3 November – The Local Government etc.
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