Joe Fitzpatrick
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Joe FitzPatrick MSP |
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| Minister for Parliamentary Business | |
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Assumed office 5 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by |
Brian Adam as Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee City West Dundee West 2007-2011 |
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Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Kate Maclean |
| Majority | 8,828 |
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April 1, 1967 Dundee |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Alma mater | Abertay University |
| Website | www |
Joseph Martin FitzPatrick (born 1 April 1967) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has represented the Dundee City West constituency at the Scottish Parliament since the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, succeeding retiring Labour MSP Kate Maclean. He is also the Scottish Government Minister for Parliamentary Business, a post he has held since September 2012.
FitzPatrick was educated at Whitfield Primary School, Whitfield High School, Inverness College and Abertay University.
He studied Forestry at Inverness College and worked for the Forestry Commission in Angus and Tillhill Forestry in Argyle.
He was elected President of Inverness College Students Association and was re-elected as the College's first Sabbatical President. He was elected to the National Executive of NUS (Scotland) in 1990 and was given specific responsibility for LGBT issues. He was later elected as the Area Convenor for the National Union of Students (North of Scotland Area) in 1991-92.
Before his election to the Scottish Parliament, FitzPatrick worked for Dundee SNP parliamentarians Shona Robison MSP and Stewart Hosie MP and was also a Dundee City councillor, SNP group whip and finance spokesperson. He also represented the council on a number of posts on outside bodies including:
1999–2003 Campaign for Rail Electrification Aberdeen to Edinburgh (CREATE)
1999–2003 COSLA Convention
1999–2002 Dundee City Council Sports Association for the Disabled
1999–2003 City of Dundee Sports Council
1999–2004 Member of the Board, Dundee Ice Rink
2005–2006 Member of the Board, Dundee Ice Arena
2001–2002 COSLA Royal Blind Asylum School
2001–2003 COSLA Spokesperson Consumer and Protection Services
2003–2007 COSLA Association for Public Services Excellence
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