Stewart Stevenson
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Stewart Stevenson MSP |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Banffshire & Buchan Coast Banff and Buchan 2001–2011 |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Salmond |
| Majority | 6,583 (23.0%) |
| Minister for Environment and Climate Change |
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In office 25 May 2011 – 6 September 2012 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by | Roseanna Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Paul Wheelhouse |
| Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change |
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In office 17 May 2007 – 11 December 2010 |
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| First Minister | Alex Salmond |
| Preceded by |
Tavish Scott (as Minister for Transport) |
| Succeeded by |
Keith Brown (as Minister for Transport and Infrastructure) |
| Convenor of the SNP Scottish Parliamentary Group |
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In office 7 May 2003 – 17 May 2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Gil Paterson |
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15 October 1946 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Pirie |
| Residence | Banffshire, Scotland |
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University of Aberdeen University of Strathclyde |
| Profession | Software Engineer |
| Committees | Justice Committee Member 08 Jun 2016 - In Office (Scottish Parliament) Justice Sub-Committee on Policing Member 06 Oct 2016 - In Office (Scottish Parliament) Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee Member 08 Jun 2016 - In Office (Scottish Parliament) Standing Orders & Agenda Committee Member (SNP) |
| Website | stewartstevenson |
James Alexander Stewart Stevenson (known as Stewart Stevenson) (Gaelic: Seamus Alasdair Stiùbhart MacSteafain) (born 1946) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2001. He was the MSP for Banff and Buchan from 2001 to 2011, and after boundary changes he has been the MSP for Banffshire & Buchan Coast since 2011.
In the Scottish Government, he was Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change from May 2007 to December 2010, and Minister for Environment and Climate Change from May 2011 to September 2012.
Stevenson was born in Edinburgh. His father James Stevenson was a doctor and his mother Helen MacGregor was a teacher. He was brought up in Cupar, Fife. He was educated at Bell Baxter High School then studied mathematics at the University of Aberdeen. He worked in information technology with the Bank of Scotland for 30 years, retiring in 1999 as Director of Technology Innovation.
Stevenson joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1961. He stood as an SNP candidate in the Linlithgow constituency in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election but was unsuccessful.
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