Chris Ballance | |
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Member of the Highland Council | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
Constituency | Aird and Loch Ness |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for South of Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
In office 1 May 2003 – 2 April 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Worcester, England, UK | 7 July 1952
Political party | Scottish Greens |
Chris Ballance (born on 7 July 1952) is a Scottish playwright and politician. He is a member of the Scottish Green Party and has been a councillor for the Aird and Loch Ness wards in the Highland Council since 2022. He was also a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region from 2003 to 2007.
Born in Worcester, England, he owned and managed a second-hand bookshop in Wigtown, won a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1990, [1] [2] and wrote sketches for Radio Scotland.
He was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003. He held a seat on the Parliament's Enterprise and Culture Committee and was the Green's Parliamentary business manager and speaker on nuclear issues, culture, and peace. [3] He stood again in the 2007 election but was not re-elected.
In August 2007 he was appointed to the Scottish Broadcasting Commission established by the Scottish Executive. [4]
Ballance stood as a Green candidate in the Aird and Loch Ness ward for the 2017 Highland Council election. [5] He stood again in 2022 and was elected as a councillor. [6]
He is a member of the Society of Friends ( Quakers).
Chris Ballance | |
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Member of the Highland Council | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 | |
Constituency | Aird and Loch Ness |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for South of Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
In office 1 May 2003 – 2 April 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Worcester, England, UK | 7 July 1952
Political party | Scottish Greens |
Chris Ballance (born on 7 July 1952) is a Scottish playwright and politician. He is a member of the Scottish Green Party and has been a councillor for the Aird and Loch Ness wards in the Highland Council since 2022. He was also a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region from 2003 to 2007.
Born in Worcester, England, he owned and managed a second-hand bookshop in Wigtown, won a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1990, [1] [2] and wrote sketches for Radio Scotland.
He was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003. He held a seat on the Parliament's Enterprise and Culture Committee and was the Green's Parliamentary business manager and speaker on nuclear issues, culture, and peace. [3] He stood again in the 2007 election but was not re-elected.
In August 2007 he was appointed to the Scottish Broadcasting Commission established by the Scottish Executive. [4]
Ballance stood as a Green candidate in the Aird and Loch Ness ward for the 2017 Highland Council election. [5] He stood again in 2022 and was elected as a councillor. [6]
He is a member of the Society of Friends ( Quakers).