Margaret Mitchell (Scottish politician)
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Margaret Mitchell MSP |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland |
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Assumed office 1 May 2003 |
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Janet Margaret Fleming 15 November 1952 Coatbridge |
| Political party | Scottish Conservative Party |
| Spouse(s) | Henry T. Mitchell |
| Alma mater | Hamilton Teacher Training College; Open University; University of Strathclyde |
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Justice Sub-Committee on Policing Member of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Scotland Branch |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
Justice Sub-Committee on Policing
Janet Margaret Mitchell (born 15 November 1952, Coatbridge) is a Scottish Conservative politician, and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland since 2003.
Mitchell was born in Coatbridge and attended Coatbridge High School and Hamilton Teacher Training College. From 1974 to 1990, she worked as a primary school teacher in Airdrie and Bothwell, before studying at the School of Law of the University of Strathclyde, where she graduated with an LL.B. in 1992 and Diploma in Legal Practice in 1993. From 1993 to 1997, she was a non-executive director of Stonehouse and Hairmyres NHS Trust. She has been a Justice of the Peace (magistrate) in South Lanarkshire since 1990.
From 1988 to 1996, she was a member and Conservative Group Leader of Hamilton District Council, and from 1999-2002 was a special advisor to Scottish Conservative Party Leader David McLetchie MSP and James Douglas-Hamilton MSP.
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