Jim Mather

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Jim Mather (b. March 6, 1947, Lochwinnoch) is a Scottish National Party politician, the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Argyll and Bute .

Mather was educated at Paisley Grammar School and Greenock High School before attending the University of Glasgow. Before his election to Holyrood he worked as a chartered accountant and ran his own business. He joined the SNP in 1996 and acted as the SNP’s National Treasurer from 2000.

He was the SNP candidate in the 2000 Ayr by-election and was their candidate for Argyll and Bute at the 2003. Despite finishing third he was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a regional list member for the Highlands and Islands. In opposition he was the SNP's Shadow Enterprise and Economy Minister.

Mather contested Argyll and Bute again at the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election and was successful, winning the seat from George Lyon of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

After the SNP's victory at the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Mather was appointed Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism.

Mather was the SNP's candidate for the constituency of Argyll & Bute for the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, For more information about Jim and his constituency, visit www.argyll-snp.com

[edit] External links

Jim Mather MSP Scottish Parliament webpage
Jim Mather profile at argyll-snp.com
Jim Mather MSP Scottish Government biography

Scottish Parliament
Preceded by George Lyon	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Argyll and Bute 2007 – present	Incumbent

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region

Elected in the 2007 election SNP (6 seats), Lib Dem (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Conservative (2 seats)

Constituency MSPs	Jim Mather (SNP, Argyll and Bute) • Jamie Stone (Lib Dem, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) • Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) • Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) • Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) • John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem, Ross, Skye and Inverness West) • Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) • Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles)

Additional Members	Rob Gibson (SNP) • Rhoda Grant (Lab) • Jamie McGrigor (Con) • Peter Peacock (Lab) • Mary Scanlon (Con) • David Stewart (Lab) • David Thompson (SNP)