| abstract | - Pasco Botterill (born Pascal Botterill; June 2, 1944) is the Celtic League Federal Councillor of Environment and Transport, in office since 1 January 2007. He has been the Cornish Deputy for Hayle, as a member of the Moderate Party, since 1982. He was born in Groningen, the Netherlands, to Cornish parents. He graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Law and International Relations and worked in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office through the 1970s, making an unsuccessful run for MP of North Cornwall in 1978. He was elected to the newly-created Celtic League's Chamber of Deputies in 1982, by a surprising 150 votes, representing Hayle. Botterill was one of seven Moderate Party candidates for the 1987, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2003 and 2006 councillor elections, winning a place on the Federal Council on 1 January 2007 as Councillor for Environmental and Transport Affairs, which since 2005 has also included the role of Energy Minister.
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