Nanette Milne
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Nanette Milne OBE |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland |
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In office 1 May 2003 – 23 March 2016 |
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27 April 1942 Aberdeen |
| Political party | Scottish Conservative Party |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
Nanette Lilian Margaret Milne (born 27 April 1942, in Aberdeen) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland between 2003 and 2016.
She was brought up in Aberdeen’s Woodside. She attended the Aberdeen High School for Girls. She then went on to study at the University of Aberdeen where she graduated as a doctor in 1969. In the 1970s she took a break from her profession to raise two children. After her break she took on part-time cancer research work.
She joined the Conservative Party in 1974. She originally started as a grassroots activist, she then moved on to the committee of her local branch. Then chairman of her constituency association and then in 1989-1993 she was vice-chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party.
She stood for election to the Scottish Parliament in Aberdeen South in 1999. She then stood for the Westminster seat of Gordon in the 2001 General Election and then stood for Gordon again in the 2003 Scottish Parliament elections where she came second to the Liberal Democrats and increased the Conservatives’ share of the vote.
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