Sarah Boyack
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| Constituency | Edinburgh Central |
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| Re-Elected | 3 May 2007 |
| Majority | 1,193 Votes |
| Date of Birth | 16 May 1961 |
| Political Party | Labour Party |
Sarah Boyack MSP (born 16 May 1961 in Glasgow) is the Labour MSP for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament. She was brought up in Edinburgh, where her father was an important figure in the Labour Party.
She became a student at the University of Glasgow in 1979, and became active in the Labour Club, where she was a protege of Margaret Curran. She became chair of the Labour Club in 1981-82, and chair of the National Organisation of Labour Students in 1985-86. During her time at Glasgow University, she was involved in supporting the twinning with Bir Zeit University in the West Bank, which involved serious clashes between supporters and opponents of Zionism.
She was elected to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999, and she was Minister for the Environment, Planning and Transport in the Scottish Executive from 1999-2000. Then Minister for Transport before being sacked from the Scottish Executive in 2001. She was elected Convenor of the Scottish Parliament's Environment and Rural Development Committee in June 2003 and stood down in January 2007 when she returned to the Scottish Executive as Deputy Minister for the Environment and Rural Development. [1]
In November 2004 Sarah received the RSPB Goldcrest Award [2] for her contribution to the development of environmental policy since devolution and in December 2005 was named the Scottish Renewables Best Politician.
Political Offices
External links
- Ministirial Page
- Official biography
- Sarah Boyack Biography at the Labour party website