In Holyrood

John Farquhar Munro MSP

Ross, Skye & Inverness West

5 MacGregor's Court, Dingwall IV15 9HS

Phone: 01349 862152

Fax: 01349 866829

Email: john.munro@highlandlibdems.org.uk

John Farquhar Munro was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 to represent the seat of Ross, Skye & Inverness West. As an MSP he is a strong champion of Highland interests, taking a leading role on issues such as land reform, Gaelic, crofting and the ending of tolls on the Skye Bridge.

He was born and has always lived in Glen Shiel, Lochalsh, where he was a local councillor for 33 years before becoming an MSP. Until 1999, he was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrat group on the Highland Council.

John Farquhar Munro was born in 1934, and attended Plockton High School and Merchant Marine College.

He is married with one daughter and one son. He has a keen interest in sailing and also enjoys fishing.

Alan MacRae

Prospective Candidate for the Scottish Parliament

4 Kingsburgh, Snizort, Isle of Skye, IV51 9UT

Phone: 07827 818398

Email: alan.macrae@highlandlibdems.org.uk

Alan MacRae has been selected by Liberal Democrat members in Ross, Skye & Inverness West to stand for the Scottish Parliament in May 2011, when John Farquhar Munro has announced he intends to retire.

Alan was born and raised in Uig, attending Portree High School before going to the University of Edinburgh and Moray House College where he trained as a Teacher of Mathematics. As well as teaching, he set up and ran a successful restaurant business for a number of years, which his brother still owns.

He now lives with his wife Rachel near where he was born and brought up on Skye. They have three young children - two daughters and a son.

Jamie Stone MSP

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

26 Tower Street, Tain, Ross-shire IV19 1DY

Phone: 01862 892726

Email: jamie.stone@highlandlibdems.org.uk

Jamie Stone is the Lib Dem MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Following 13 years of service in local government - Ross & Cromarty District Council followed by the Highlands Council - in 1999 Jamie was elected to represent the Northernmost Scottish mainland seat in the Scottish Parliament.

Prior to his involvement in politics, Jamie pursued a varied and sometimes colourful career - including working in a fish factory - before settling down in the oil sector working with oil fabrication and drilling companies. This sector, and its importance to the Highlands, remains an abiding interest.

In 2007 Jamie was returned for a third time to represent the seat, that also happens to be his childhood home, and where he and his family live now. With personal experience of the ups and downs of different forms of working life - and the individual needs of people and their communities in the North - Jamie regards it as a particular privilege to serve this very special constituency.