Tavish Scott

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Tavish Scott

Tavish Scott, Liberal Democrat, (born 6 May 1966) is Shetland's member of the Scottish Parliament. He is also Shadow Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, and Convenor of the Scottish Parliament's Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee.

Tavish Scott attended Anderson High School, Lerwick, Shetland and holds a BA from Napier College, Edinburgh (now Napier University). After graduating, he worked as a parliamentary assistant to Jim Wallace, then MP for Orkney and Shetland. Prior to entering the Scottish Parliament he was a farmer, a councillor on Shetland Islands Council and Chairman of the Lerwick Harbour Trust.

He used to be a junior member of the Scottish Executive responsible for finance and public services, but following Nicol Stephen's election as party leader and succession as Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Tavish Scott was appointed Minister for Transport in the Scottish Executive in 2005, a post he held until the May 2007 elections.

He was re-elected with an increased majority in May 2007. [1].

1 Bid to Become Leader
2 External links
3 See Also
4 External link

Bid to Become Leader

Following the resignation of Lib Dem leader Nicol Stephen on July 2nd, Tavish official announced his intention to run for leader of the Lib Dems at the Lerwick Harbour on July 7th, accompanied by members of the Jarl Squad.