| Cllr John Wilson MSP | |
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| Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Gibson |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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| North Lanarkshire Councillor | |
| In office 4 May 2007 – 4 June 2009 |
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| Constituency | Coatbridge North and Glenboig |
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| Political party | Scottish National Party |
| Committees | Local Government and Communities Committee |
John Wilson is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Central Scotland at the 2007 election.
The next day he was also elected as a Councillor for the Coatbridge North and Glenboig ward of North Lanarkshire Council.[1] He stood down from this position to focus on his work at Holyrood,[2] and was replaced by Labour's Peter Sullivan in a by-election on 4 June 2009.[3]
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John Wilson was educated at Camelon High School in Falkirk, then at Coatbridge College and Glasgow University.
John Wilson is a member of the Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee and of the Public Petitions Committee. He was one of the MSPs who challenged the use of external consultants by both the Climategate review[4] and latterly the Skills Development Scotland (SDS) quango.[5]
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