Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater (born 1974 or 1975)[1] is a Canadian-born Scottish politician who is co-leader of the Scottish Greens with Patrick Harvie. She assumed office on 1 August 2019 for a two-year term.

Lorna Slater
Co-leader of the Scottish Greens
Assumed office
1 August 2019
Serving with Patrick Harvie
Preceded byMaggie Chapman as co-convener
Personal details
Born1974/1975 (age 45–46)
Canada
Political partyScottish Greens

Early Life and engineering career

Slater was born in Canada.[1][2] After moving to Scotland, she worked as an engineer in the renewables sector, then later as a project manager.[3][4] In 2018, she was one of three women from Scotland awarded a place on the Homeward Bound international leadership development programme and this included a trip to Antarctica the following year, where she had studied the effects of climate change.[5][6][7]

Political career

Slater became politically involved during the run-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, where she campaigned in favour of Scottish independence.[8]

Slater has been an election candidate for the Scottish Greens several times. The 2016 Scottish Parliament election, the party named her third on the Lothian list,[9] while in 2017 general election, she was one of only three candidates fielded by the Scottish Greens,[4] standing for Edinburgh North and Leith.[10] In April 2019, in a City of Edinburgh Council by-election for the Leith Walk ward, she took a 25.5 per cent share of first preference votes, finishing second.[11] She was co-convener of the Scottish Greens Operations Committee when she as named second on the list of the party's candidates for the 2019 European Parliament election.[12]

She stood in the Scottish Greens first co-leadership election and on 1 August 2019 was announced as having been elected alongside Patrick Harvie for a two-year term.[5]

References
  1. "Sky's the limit: Meet Scotland's newest party leader". STV News. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. Grant, Alistair (5 August 2019). "Scotland's newest party leader swaps the big top for the political circus". The Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. "The varied life of an electro-mechanical engineer". sciencegrrl.co.uk. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. Davidson, Jenni (10 May 2017). "Scottish Greens reveal candidates for European elections". Holyrood. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. Bell, Sean (1 August 2019). "'It's not democracy if it's not representative': New Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater says party will become more diverse under her leadership". CommonSpace. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. "Edinburgh engineer heading to the Antarctic". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  7. Slater, Lorna (1 April 2019). "The not-so-strange connection between Antarctica and Leith". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. Allison, David (29 April 2017). "Local elections 2017: Leaflets, letterboxes and shoe leather". BBC News. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. "Edinburgh's parliament election candidates named". Edinburgh Evening News. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  10. "Election 2017 > Edinburgh North & Leith". BBC News. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  11. Bol, David (12 April 2019). "SNP candidate Rob Munn victorious in Leith Walk by-election". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  12. Kirkaldy, Liam (25 April 2019). "Scottish Greens reveal candidates for European elections". Holyrood. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Maggie Chapman		 Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
2019 – present
With: Patrick Harvie		 Incumbent
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