Gail Ross

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Gail Ross
MSP
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded by Rob Gibson
Majority 3,913
Personal details
Born Reiss
Nationality Scottish
Political party Scottish National Party

Gail Elizabeth Ross is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who is civic leader of Caithness. She is a councillor on the Highland Council since 2011. She will serve as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, having been elected in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016.

Early life

Ross grew up in Reiss and Wick, Caithness.[1] She studied in Glasgow, first a combination of advertising and PR, later English and psychology.[2]

Political career

She joined the SNP in 1997.[2] She was first elected to Highland council in a by-election in 2011.[3] At the time her success was considered a breakthrough for the SNP.[4][5] She was re-elected in May 2012.[6]

Civic leader

In May 2012, following re-election to Highland Council, she became the civil leader of Caithness.[7]

In August 2015, Ross spoke out against the Grindadráp, a Faroese traditional celebration of whaling, suggesting that on account of this that Wick should reconsider their twinning arrangement with the town of Klaksvík.[8] Ross wrote to the mayor of Klaksvík to raise her concerns that the whaling was not something that Wick should be associated with.[9] In January 2016 the matter was brought to the Highland Council,[10] which led to an intervention from Klaksvík's mayor.[11] The council deferred making a decision.[12]

In August 2015, she was announced as the SNP candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, in place of the retiring Rob Gibson.[13] She has called for increased provision of ambulances in Caithness.[14] She has highlighted the need for affordable housing in the Highlands.[2] In May 2016 she was elected with a majority of 3,913.[15]

Executive positions

She is a member of the board of North Highland College.[16]

Personal life

She is married to a teacher and they have a son together.[1]

References

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