Tavish Scott
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Categories: 1966 births | Members of the Scottish Parliament | Liberal Democrat MSPs | Alumni of Napier University | Living people
Tavish Scott (born 6 May 1966) is a Scottish politician. He is a former Minister for Transport, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland. He is currently Lib Dem finance and sustainable growth spokesman in the Scottish Parliament. 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. He was re-elected with an increased majority in May 2007 [1], and held the largest margin, 50.1%, of any MSP over his closest challenger.
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