Rhoda Grant

Rhoda Grant

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term_start2 = 6 May 1999
term_end2 = 1 May 2003
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|06|23|df=yes
birth_place = Stornoway, Outer Hebrides
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party = Scottish Labour Party
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alma_mater = Open University
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Rhoda Grant (born June 26 1963, Stornoway) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands region from 1999 to 2003 and since 2007.

In the 2003 election she fought the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency but came second, and she lost her list seat to Eleanor Scott of the Scottish Green Party.

In the 2007 election and she won her list seat back as the Scottish Green Party's vote collapsed and Labour won three list seats.

Prior to her election Grant worked for the trade union UNISON and Highland Regional Council. She holds a degree in social sciences from the Open University.

External links

* [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/rhoda_grant/index.htm Rhoda Grant MSP] biography at the Scottish Parliament website
* [http://www.rhodagrant.org.uk/biography.htm rhodagrant.org.uk]
* [http://www.caithness.org/fpb/election2007/scottishparliament/index.htm Caithness News Bulletins Elections 2007] Caithness Community website
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