children constituency_mp birth_date term_end alma_mater profession term_start image name predecessor parliament birth_place party office successor religion firstminister majority article_title
3 falkirk west central scotland 8 september 1970 21 november 2014 3 may 2007 queen margaret university open university occupational therapist 21 6 may 1999 november 2014 20 may 2011 3 may 2007 michaelmathesonmsp20110507.jpg michael matheson kenny macaskill shona robison dennis canavan scottish scottish glasgow , scotland scottish national party cabinet secretary for justice minister for public health maureen watt roman catholic nicola sturgeon alex salmond 5745 -lrb- 20.4 % -rrb- michael matheson -lrb- politician -rrb-

michael matheson -lrb- politician -rrb-

michael stephen matheson -lrb- born 8 september 1970 -rrb- is a scottish politician who has been the cabinet secretary for justice since 2014 .
he has been a scottish national party member of the scottish parliament since 1999 , first representing central scotland and , since 2007 , the falkirk west constituency .
