LORNA Slater is a Scottish Green MSP, former minister, and the co-leader of her party.
Originally from Canada, Slater had a successful career as an engineering project lead before she was elected to the Scottish parliament.
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When did Lorna Slater become the co-leader of the Scottish Greens?
Maggie Chapman, who had been the one of the Green co-conveners for six years before the role was abolished in favour of co-leaders, came third in the election.
When was Lorna Slater elected to the Scottish Parliament?
Lorna Slater was elected to represent the Lothian region in the 2021 Holyrood elections. Due to the timing of the vote counts, Slater was the final MSP confirmed in the 2021 intake.
She had also stood for the Greens in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency, but lost out to the SNP’s Ben Macpherson. Slater came third, with 13.1% of the vote.
Has Lorna Slater served in the Scottish Government?
Slater’s ministerial role – alongside her Green co-leader Patrick Harvie – made her one of the first two Greens to serve in government anywhere in the UK.
Yousaf took the unilateral decision to end the Bute House Agreement in April 2024, meaning Slater and Harvie lost their ministerial positions. In turn, they declined to back Yousaf in a vote of no confidence, which forced his resignation as first minister.
What did Lorna Slater do before entering politics?
Before her election to the Scottish parliament, Lorna Slater was an engineering project manager for the renewable energy firm Orbital.
Slater worked on the Orbital O2 tidal turbine, which is now based in Orkney and has been touted as the world’s most powerful operational tidal turbine.
When and where was Lorna Slater born?
Lorna Slater was born in Calgary, in Canada, in 1975.
She travelled to Scotland after graduating from the University of British Columbia with a degree in electro-mechanical engineering design. Slater intended to travel around Europe for two years, but ended up remaining in Scotland.
