Robin Harper

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Robin Harper, 2008

Robin Harper (born August 4, 1940 in Thurso ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish Green Party .

Harper attended St Marylebone Grammar School in London and the Elgin Academy in Elgin . He studied at Aberdeen University and Heriot-Watt University . Harper worked for many years as a teacher, among other things, for English, science and dramaturgy at various Scottish schools and in Kenya . Between 2000 and 2003 he held the position of Rector of Edinburgh University and was elected Rector of Aberdeen University in 2005.

Political career

For the first time Harper appeared in the British general election in 1992 to national elections. He applied for the direct mandate of the constituency of Edinburgh Central , but received only around 1.6% of the vote and thus clearly missed entry into the British House of Commons . In 1997 he applied for the direct mandate of the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency and received 0.5% of the vote. He also ran for the new elections for the European Parliament in the constituency of North East Scotland in 1998 and was able to unite 1.7% of the votes.

Scottish Parliament

For the first Scottish parliamentary elections in 1999 , Harper applied for a list mandate for the Lothians electoral region . As a result of the election result, he moved into the newly created Scottish Parliament as the only Green politician in Scotland . From 1999 Harper acted as party leader of the Scottish Green Party, first alone, then together with Shiona Baird and Alison Johnstone . He was also the party spokesman for education, youth and sports. In the parliamentary elections in 2003 and 2007 , Harper defended his mandate and then resigned from parliament at the end of the legislature.

Fonts

  • Robin Harper (with Fred Bridgland): Dear Mr. Harper - Britain's first Green parliamentarian . Birlinn, Edinburgh 2011, ISBN 978-1-84158-934-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical information
  2. ↑ a b c Page no longer available , search in web archives: information on scottishpolitics.org@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.scottishpolitics.org
  3. ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  4. ^ Results of the 1997 general election
  5. ↑ Results of the general election 1999 on the Scottish Parliament website
  6. ↑ Entry on alba.org.uk ( Memento from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Results of the general election 2003 on the Scottish Parliament website
  8. ↑ Results of the 2007 general election on the Scottish Parliament website
personal data
SURNAME Harper, Robin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician (Scottish Green Party)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Thurso