Prof Chris Harvie | |
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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife | |
In office 3 May 2007 – 22 March 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | 21 September 1944
Political party | Labour (until 1988) SNP (since 1988) |
Spouse(s) | Virginia Mary Roundell, born April 1944, died 26 February 2005 |
Children | Alison Margaret Harvie, born August 1982 |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Professor Christopher Harvie (born 21 September 1944, Motherwell) is a Scottish historian and a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mid Scotland and Fife from 2007 to 2011. Before his election, he was Professor of British and Irish Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany.