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Michael Matheson was born on September 8, 1970 and has been an SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament since 1999, first representing Central Scotland and since 2007 Falkirk West. He was the Shadow Deputy Minister for Justice from May 1999 until September 2004. From September 2004 until September 2006 he was Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport. Michael served on the Parliament's Justice 1 Committee from January 2000 until October 2004. During the 2000 SNP deputy leadership election he was the campaign manager for Roseanna Cunningham. Michael first stood for the SNP in the 1997 general election for the Hamilton North and Bellshill seat. In 1999 and 2003 he contested the Falkirk West seat in the Scottish Parliament. In the 2007 election he won the seat of Dennis Canavan who had stepped down due to a series of family tragedies. Matheson is also ranked second on the SNP's regional list for Central Scotland.
Michael is a registered Occupational Therapist who trained at Queen Margaret University College. He is also an Honorary Vice President of English-Speaking Union Scotland.
Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Central Scotland region  |
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Elected in the 2007 election
Labour (8 seats), SNP (7 seats), Conservative (1 seat), Lib Dems (1 seat)
Constituency MSPs
Karen Whitefield (Lab, Airdrie and Shotts) • Elaine Smith (Lab, Coatbridge and Chryston) • Cathie Craigie (Lab, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) • Andy Kerr (Lab, East Kilbride) • Cathy Peattie (Lab, Falkirk East) • Michael Matheson (SNP, Falkirk West) • Michael McMahon (Lab, Hamilton North and Bellshill) • Tom McCabe (Lab, Hamilton South) • Willie Coffey (SNP, Kilmarnock and Loudoun) •Jack McConnell (Lab, Motherwell and Wishaw)
Additional Members
Linda Fabiani (SNP) • Jamie Hepburn (SNP) • Christina McKelvie (SNP) • Margaret Mitchell (Con) • Alex Neil (SNP) • Hugh O'Donnell (Lib Dem) • John Wilson (SNP)
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