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caithness , sutherland and ross highlands and islands scottish 10 october 1945 5 may 2011 university of dundee tricia marwick teacher 15 june 2011 5 may 2011 1 may 2003 robgibsonmsp20110510.jpg rob gibson maureen watt jamie stone winnie ewing scottish scottish glasgow scottish national party convener and climate change committee of the scottish parliament rural affairs , environment eleanor scott http://www.robgibson.org/ john finnie 7,458 rob gibson

rob gibson

rob mckay gibson msp -lrb- born 10 october 1945 -rrb- is a scottish politician .
a member of the scottish national party -lrb- snp -rrb- , he was elected to the scottish parliament to represent caithness , sutherland and ross in the 2011 election .
gibson was first elected to the scottish parliament in the 2003 election for the highlands and islands , and was re-elected for this region in 2007 .
while attending the university of dundee he headed the snp student wing , the federation of student nationalists .
he was a district councillor in ross and cromarty and worked as a senior secondary school teacher in alness and invergordon before taking early retirement in 1995 .
in the scottish parliament , he is the deputy convener of the economy , enterprise and tourism committee , and a leading member of the transport , environment and rural affairs committee - all areas of importance to the economy of the north of scotland .
his partner is the former highlands and islands msp , eleanor scott , of the scottish green party .
gibson is also a musician and an author , and has written several books about highland history and emigration .
these include `` plaids and bandanas '' , `` the highland clearances trail '' and `` highland cowboys '' .
