Gil Paterson

Gil Paterson
Convenor of SNP
Scottish Parliamentary Group
In office
17 May 2007 – 25 March 2021
Preceded byStewart Stevenson
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Clydebank and Milngavie
In office
5 May 2011 – 25 March 2021
Preceded byDes McNulty
Succeeded byMarie McNair
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for West of Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
3 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Central Scotland
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003
Personal details
Born (1942-11-11) 11 November 1942 (age 81)
Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party

Gilbert Martin Paterson (born in Springburn, Glasgow, 1942) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Clydebank and Milngavie, from 2011 to 2021. Previously he had been an MSP for the West of Scotland region, having been elected on 3 May 2007. From 1999 to 2003 he was an MSP for Central Scotland.