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  • Iain Smith (Scottish politician)
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  • He was elected to the first Scottish Parliament in May 1999 to represent his home constituency of North East Fife. He is a graduate of Newcastle University. Before becoming an MSP, he was a Councillor and Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Fife Council. Iain was also Constituency Organiser for North East Fife Liberal Democrats, and had been Menzies Campbell MP's Constituency Agent. Along with bisexual Green politician Patrick Harvie and Smith's Liberal Democrat colleague lesbian Margaret Smith, he is one of three openly LGBT members of the Scottish Parliament.
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term start
  • 1999-05-06
Majority
  • 5016
Birth Date
  • 1960-05-01
constituency MP
Name
  • Iain Smith
ImageSize
  • 150
Alma mater
Party
Title
  • Deputy Business Manager and Chief Whip
  • Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Fife
Start
  • 1999
Before
  • Office Created
  • Constituency Created
Years
  • 1999
After
parliament
  • Scottish
honorific-suffix
Predecessor
  • new constituency
abstract
  • He was elected to the first Scottish Parliament in May 1999 to represent his home constituency of North East Fife. He is a graduate of Newcastle University. Before becoming an MSP, he was a Councillor and Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Fife Council. Iain was also Constituency Organiser for North East Fife Liberal Democrats, and had been Menzies Campbell MP's Constituency Agent. In the Scottish Parliament Iain is Convenor of the Education Committee and substitute member for the Finance Committee. Between 1999 and 2000 he was Deputy Business Manager and Chief Whip in the government of First Minister Donald Dewar. Along with bisexual Green politician Patrick Harvie and Smith's Liberal Democrat colleague lesbian Margaret Smith, he is one of three openly LGBT members of the Scottish Parliament.