Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency of the House of Commons. For the House of Commons general election of 2005, however, the boundaries of the House of Commons constituency were altered slightly. The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional member MSPs. ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The governing Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, was looking to secure a third consecutive term in office and to retain a large majority. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ...

The Scottish Parliament constituency elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation. Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. ... The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional member MSPs. ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system where some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ... Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ...

The Scottish Parliament constituency covers the counties of Caithness and Sutherland and an Easter Ross area of Ross and Cromarty, and it is one of three Scottish Parliament constituencies within the Highland Council area. Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland. ... Sutherland (Cataibh in Gaelic), or Sutherlandshire, is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, bordering on Caithness to the north and both Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south. ... Easter Ross is a loosely defined area in the east of the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty. ... Ross and Cromarty: administrative county (1889-1975) Ross and Cromarty: district council (1975-1996) Ross and Cromarty: lieutenancy area (1996-date) Ross and Cromarty (Ros agus Cromba in Gaelic) was until 1975, an administrative county, originally formed in 1889 as a merger of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire. ... The Highland area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a unitary authority area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest administrative region in Scotland. ...

Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)

The constituency is represented by Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Jamie Stone (born 16 June 1954) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. ...