Lorna Slater
Lorna Slater (born 1974 or 1975)[1] is a Canadae-born Scots politician that is co-leader o the Scots Greens wi Patrick Harvie. She teuk office on 1 August 2019 fur a twa-year term. Frae August 2021, she is Meenister fur Green Skills, Circular Economy an Biodiversity.[2]
Lorna Slater | |
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| Co-leader o the Scots Greens | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2019 Servin with Patrick Harvie | |
| Precedit bi | Maggie Chapman as co-convener |
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| Poleetical pairty | Scots Greens |
Airly life an ingineerin thrift
eeditSlater wis born in Canadae.[1][3] Efter muivin tae Scotland, she wirked as an ingineer in the renewables sector, then as a project guider.[4][5] In 2018, she wis ane o three wummin frae Scotland awairdit a place on the Homeward Bound international guideship development programme, that includit a trip tae Antartica the follaein year, whaur she had studied the effecks o climate change.[6][7][8]
Political thrift
eeditSlater became politically involved durin the rin up tae the 2014 Scots unthirldom referendum, whaur she actit in favour o Scots unthirldom.[9]
Slater has stuid as a candidate fur the Scots Greens mony times. Durin the 2016 Scots pairlament election, she wis third on the pairty's Lothian list,[10] an in the 2017 Unitit Kinrick General Election she wis ane o three candidates pit forrit bi the Scots Greens,[5] staundin in Edinburgh and North Leith.[11] In 2019, durin a City o Edinburgh Cooncil by-election, she received 25.5% o the first preference votes, comin in seicont.[12] She wis co-convener o the Scots Greens Operations Committee when she wis named seicont on the list o candidates fur the 2019 European Pairlament election.[13]
She stuid in the Scots Greens' first co-leadership election, bein electit on 1 August 2019 alangside Patrick Harvie fur a twa-year term,[6] beatin previous co-convener Maggie Chapman.[1]
Efter the May 2021 election, Slater jint the collaboration atween the Scots Greens an SNP as the first Meenister fur Green Skills, Circular Economy an Biodiversity in August 2021.[2]
References
eedit- ↑ a b c "Sky's the limit: Meet Scotland's newest party leader". STV News (in Inglis). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ↑ a b "Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity - gov.scot". www.gov.scot (in Inglis). Retrieved 17 Januar 2022.
- ↑ Grant, Alistair (5 August 2019). "Scotland's newest party leader swaps the big top for the political circus". The Herald (in Inglis). Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ↑ "The varied life of an electro-mechanical engineer". sciencegrrl.co.uk (in Inglis). 9 October 2014. Archived frae the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ a b Davidson, Jenni (10 Mey 2017). "Scottish Greens reveal candidates for European elections". Holyrood (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ a b Bell, Sean (1 August 2019). "'It's not democracy if it's not representative': New Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater says party will become more diverse under her leadership". CommonSpace (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "Edinburgh engineer heading to the Antarctic". theedinburghreporter.co.uk (in Inglis). 3 Mey 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ Slater, Lorna (1 Apryle 2019). "The not-so-strange connection between Antarctica and Leith". Edinburgh Evening News (in Inglis). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ Allison, David (29 Apryle 2017). "Local elections 2017: Leaflets, letterboxes and shoe leather". BBC News (in Inglis). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "Edinburgh's parliament election candidates named". Edinburgh Evening News (in Inglis). 1 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "Election 2017 > Edinburgh North & Leith". BBC News (in Inglis). 25 Apryle 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ Bol, David (12 Apryle 2019). "SNP candidate Rob Munn victorious in Leith Walk by-election". Edinburgh Evening News (in Inglis). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ Kirkaldy, Liam (25 Apryle 2019). "Scottish Greens reveal candidates for European elections". Holyrood (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
External links
eedit- Lorna Slater's profile page Archived 2020-10-18 at the Wayback Machine on the Scots Green Pairty's official wabsteid
| Pairty poleetical offices | ||
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| Precedit bi Maggie Chapman |
Co-leader o the Scots Green Pairty 2019 – present Wi: Patrick Harvie |
Incumbent |