Shona Robison

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Shona Robison is a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee East. She was elected as a Scottish National Party (SNP) candidate in the 2003 election.[1] Previously she had represented the SNP as an Additional Members System member for North East Scotland, having been elected in the 1999 election.

Born in Redcar, England on May 26, 1966, she was active in the SNP Youth Wing along with figures such as Nicola Sturgeon and Fiona Hyslop.

She is married to Stewart Hosie,[2] who is the Westminster MP for Dundee East and a former National Secretary of the SNP, and who has served as the party's Vice Convenor in charge of Organisation.

After the SNP's victory in the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Robison was appointed as the Minister for Public Health.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Labour suffers election casualties. BBC News (2 May, 2003). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  2. ^ International Women’s Day Debate. House of Commons Hansard Debates (6 March 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  3. ^ The Scottish Executive. The Herald (17 May 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.


Scottish Parliament
Preceded by
John McAllion		 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee East
2003 – present		 Incumbent


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Elected in the 2007 election

SNP (8 seats), Labour (3 seats), Lib Dems (3 seats), Con (2 seats)

Constituency MSPs
Lewis Macdonald (Lab, Aberdeen Central) • Brian Adam (SNP, Aberdeen North) • Nicol Stephen (Lib Dem, Aberdeen South) • Andrew Welsh (SNP, Angus) • Stewart Stevenson (SNP, Banff and Buchan) • Shona Robison (SNP, Dundee East) • Joe Fitzpatrick (SNP, Dundee West) •Alex Salmond (SNP, Gordon) • Mike Rumbles (Lib Dem, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Additional Members
Richard Baker (Lab) • Nigel Don (SNP) • Marlyn Glen (Lab) • Alex Johnstone (Con) • Alison McInnes (Lib Dem) • Nanette Milne (Con) • Maureen Watt (SNP)
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Elected in the 2007 election
Brian Adam · Bashir Ahmad · Alasdair Allan · Keith Brown · Aileen Campbell · Willie Coffey · Angela Constance · Bruce Crawford · Roseanna Cunningham · Nigel Don · Bob Doris  · Fergus Ewing · Linda Fabiani · Joe Fitzpatrick · Kenneth Gibson · Rob Gibson · Christine Grahame · Chris Harvie · Jamie Hepburn · Fiona Hyslop · Adam Ingram · Bill Kidd · Richard Lochhead · Kenny MacAskill · Tricia Marwick · Jim Mather · Michael Matheson · Stewart Maxwell · Ian McKee · Christina McKelvie · Stuart McMillan · Alasdair Morgan · Alex Neil  · Gil Paterson · Shona Robison · Michael Russell · Alex Salmond · Shirley-Anne Somerville · Stewart Stevenson · Nicola Sturgeon · John Swinney · David Thompson · Maureen Watt · Andrew Welsh · Sandra White · Bill Wilson · John Wilson
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