Ross Finnie
| Ross Finnie | |
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| Minister for the Environment and Rural Development | |
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In office 19 May 1999 – 17 May 2007 |
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| First Minister |
Jack McConnell Henry McLeish Donald Dewar |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Richard Lochhead |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for West of Scotland |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 February 1947 Greenock |
| Political party | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Occupation | Accountant |
Ross Finnie (born 11 February 1947, Greenock) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament. He is a former Minister for the Environment and Rural Development in the Scottish Executive, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region. He became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, and held the same ministerial portfolio until May 2007.
Previously a self-employed chartered accountant and financial adviser, he was a councillor in Inverclyde from 1977 to 1999. He also previously chaired the Scottish Liberals, before chairing the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
He stood for election to the Scottish Parliament at the first elections in 1999. He came second in the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency, but was elected as an additional member for the West of Scotland region. He was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003 and 2007.
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