Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency of the House of Commons. For the House of Commons general election of 2005, however, the House of Commons constituency was superseded by Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, with a small part becoming part of Ross, Skye and Lochaber. 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. ... Inverness was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708. ... 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. ... Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Ross, Skye and Lochaber is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

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 constituency covers the east of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch, Strathspey and Lochaber, and it is one of three Scottish Parliament constituencies in the Highland Council area. Inverness (Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic) is the only city in the Scottish Highlands. ... Nairn (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Narann) is a burgh in the Scottish Highlands, lying about fifteen miles east of Inverness. ... Badenoch, a district of south-east Inverness-shire in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath mountains, on the east by the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber. ... Strathisla distillery in Keith, Strathspey Strathspey is the area around the valley of the River Spey, Scotland. ... Lochaber (Scottish Gaelic, Loch Abar) refers to a large area of the central and western Scottish Highlands. ... The Highland area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a unitary authority area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest administrative region in Scotland. ...

Neighbouring Scottish Parliament constituencies are Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Moray, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, North Tayside and Argyll and Bute. Ross, Skye and Inverness West is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament. ... Moray is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ... West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine may mean or refer to: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Argyll and Bute is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ...

Member of the Scottish Parliament

• 1999 - present: Fergus Ewing, Scottish National Party

Fergus Ewing, born September 23, 1957 is a Scottish National Party (SNP) MSP. He is the son of veteran Scottish Nationalist Winnie Ewing (his father was also a SNP councillor) and has long been active in the SNP. He studied law at the University of Glasgow where he was a... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. ...

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