Jean Urquhart

Jean Urquhart
Official portrait, 2011
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Highlands and Islands
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 2011  24 March 2016
Personal details
Born (1949-05-17) 17 May 1949
West Lothian, Scotland
Political partyRISE – Scotland's Left Alliance (2015–2020)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2012–2015)
Scottish National Party (until 2012)
Spouse
(m. 1976; died 1995)
Children2
OccupationPolitician
Websitejeanurquhart.com

Jean Urquhart MBE (born 17 May 1949) is a Scottish politician. She was formerly a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), first elected in 2011 for the Highlands and Islands region as a Scottish National Party (SNP) member, then continuing to sit as an independent after she left the SNP in October 2012. She had been an SNP councillor at the Highland Council from 2003 to 2011.