Jim Mather

Jim Mather ( born March 6, 1947 in Lochwinnoch ) is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party ( SNP).

Mather attended Paisley Grammar School and Greenock High School. Subsequently, he studied accounting, law and economics at the University of Glasgow and then worked for several business enterprises.

Political career

For the first time Mather approached to national elections in the parliamentary elections of 1999. Since he only was able to record the third-largest share of the vote in his constituency Ross, Skye and Inverness West, he failed to reach the newly created Scottish Parliament. After the resignation of Labour politician Ian Welsh 2000 elections in the constituency of Ayr were recognized in the year, which took Mather as a candidate SNP. Mather but could not prevail against the Conservatives John Scott himself. 2003 Mather candidate in the constituency of Argyll and Bute and was able to record the third highest share of the vote itself. Since he was also placed on the regional election list of polling Highlands and Islands, Mather received as a result of the election results is one of seven list mandates of the constituency and moved into the Scottish Parliament. From 2003 he was Shadow Minister for Economic Affairs. In the 2007 parliamentary elections Mather received the largest share of the vote in the constituency of Argyll and Bute and won the direct mandate of the Liberal Democrats George Lyon. After the elections, Mather was appointed Junior Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism. At the 2011 parliamentary elections Mather did not occur to.