Jamie Stone

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Jamie Stone (born 16 June 1954) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Prior to entering the Scottish Parliament he served on Ross & Cromarty District Council and Highland Council.

He is currently a member of the Justice 1 Committee and a substitute member of the Education Committee of the Scottish Parliament.

Jamie Stone holds an MA in History and Geology from St Andrew's University. He is married with one son and two daughters, both of whom also attended St Andrews University.

Mr Stone courted controversy in the run up to the 2007 Scottish General Election by branding the Scottish National Party as "xenophobic": he later issued what is best described as a "half apology".^[1]

v • d • e Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region Elected in the 2007 election SNP (6 seats), Lib Dem (4 seats), Labour (3 seats), Conservative (2 seats) Constituency MSPs Jim Mather (SNP, Argyll and Bute) • Jamie Stone (Lib Dem, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) • Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) • Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) • Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) • John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem, Ross, Skye and Inverness West) • Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) • Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles) Additional Members Rob Gibson (SNP) • Rhoda Grant (Lab) • Jamie McGrigor (Con) • Peter Peacock (Lab) • Mary Scanlon (Con) • David Stewart (Lab) • David Thompson (SNP)

[edit] References

1. ^ The Scotsman

1. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=265512007

[edit] External links

• Jamie Stone MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
• Jamie Stone MSP profile at the site of Scottish Liberal Democrats

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