Malcolm Chisholm
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh North and Leith (1999-2011) |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 23 March 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Ben Macpherson |
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Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Leith (1992–1997) |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 14 May 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Brown |
| Succeeded by | Mark Lazarowicz |
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| Born | 7 March 1949 |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Malcolm George Richardson Chisholm (born 7 March 1949) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was formerly: a Member of Parliament 1992–2001, Member of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2016 and a Scottish Executive minister 2001–2006.
Chisholm was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Leith from 1992, then Edinburgh North and Leith from 1997. He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland responsible for local government and transport minister for a few months in 1997 but resigned over lone parent benefit cuts. He remained an MP until 2001, when he stood down from the House of Commons in order to concentrate on the Scottish Parliament, to which he was elected in 1999 for the same constituency.
He became Minister for Health and Community Care in 2001, then Minister for Communities from October 2004. As Minister for Health and Community Care, Chisholm introduced and oversaw the passage of the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Bill which brought about the abolition of NHS Trusts in Scotland and the creation of Community Health Partnerships.
As Minister for Communities, Chisholm oversaw investment in the building of affordable homes, approved a proposal from Fife Council for a moratorium on council house sales in order to maintain the supply of affordable housing, developed reforms of planning policy to protect green spaces, and extended the Central Heating Programme and Warm Deal to provide and refurbish heating systems for pensioners.
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