Iain Smith (Scottish politician)

See also: Ian Smith (disambiguation)

Iain Smith (born May 1, 1960) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Fife.

He was elected to the first Scottish Parliament in May 1999 to represent his home constituency of North East Fife. He is a graduate of Newcastle University.

Before becoming an MSP, he was a Councillor and Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Fife Council. Iain was also Constituency Organiser for North East Fife Liberal Democrats, and had been Menzies Campbell MP's Constituency Agent.

In the Scottish Parliament Iain is Convenor of the Education Committee and substitute member for the Finance Committee. Between 1999 and 2000 he was Deputy Business Manager and Chief Whip in the government of First Minister Donald Dewar.

Along with bisexual Green politician Patrick Harvie and Smith's Liberal Democrat colleague lesbian Margaret Smith, he is one of three openly LGBT members of the Scottish Parliament.^[1]

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v • d • e      Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife region Elected in the 2007 election SNP (6 seats), Labour (5 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Lib Dems (2 seats) Constituency MSPs Helen Eadie (Lab, Dunfermline East) • Jim Tolson (Lib Dem, Dunfermline West) • Tricia Marwick (SNP, Fife Central) • Iain Smith (Lib Dem, Fife North East) • Marilyn Livingstone (Lab, Kirkcaldy) • John Swinney (SNP, North Tayside) • Keith Brown (SNP, Ochil) • Roseanna Cunningham (SNP, Perth) • Bruce Crawford (SNP, Stirling) Additional Members Claire Baker (Lab) • Ted Brocklebank (Con) • Murdo Fraser (Con) • Chris Harvie (SNP) • John Park (Lab) • Richard Simpson (Lab) • Elizabeth Smith (Lab) v • d • e Scottish Liberal Democrat MSPs Elected in the 2007 election Robert Brown • Ross Finnie • Jim Hume • Hugh O'Donnell • Liam McArthur • Alison McInnes • John Farquhar Munro • Mike Pringle • Jeremy Purvis • Mike Rumbles • Tavish Scott • Iain Smith • Margaret Smith • Nicol Stephen • Jamie Stone • Jim Tolson

• Iain Smith MSP official site
• Iain Smith MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
• Iain Smith MSP profile at the site of Scottish Liberal Democrats