| Patrick Harvie MSP | |
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Member of Parliament
for Glasgow region |
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| Born | 18 March 1973 Vale of Leven |
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| Political party | Scottish Green Party |
Patrick Harvie (born 18 March 1973 in Vale of Leven, Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish Green Party politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow region. Constituencies and council areas In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes Election results 2007 Scottish Parliament election Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Vale of Leven ( Magh Leamhna in Gaelic is an area of Scotland in West Dunbartonshire in the valley of the River Leven, which flows from The Scottish Green Party (Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba is the Green party of Scotland. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Vale of Leven ( Magh Leamhna in Gaelic is an area of Scotland in West Dunbartonshire in the valley of the River Leven, which flows from Name Dumbarton was formerly the county town and the county was originally also spelled Dumbartonshire. The Scottish Green Party (Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba is the Green party of Scotland. Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP) ( Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ( BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral Constituencies and council areas In terms of first past the post constituencies the region includes Election results 2007 Scottish Parliament election He was first elected in the 2003 election and was re-elected in the 2007 election. The Scottish Parliament election 2003, was the second General election of the Scottish Parliament. The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament
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Professional career
Harvie attended Manchester Metropolitan University where he was briefly a member of the Labour party. Manchester Metropolitan University is a university based in the city of Manchester. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the From 1997 till his election in 2003, Harvie worked within the Gay Men's Project at the sexual health organisation PHACE Scotland (previously PHACE West) initially as a youth worker and later as Development Worker for the Lanarkshire Health Board area. Lanarkshire ( Siorrachd Lannraig in Gaelic) officially the County of Lanark, was formerly a county of Scotland. Although this work was principally concerned with HIV prevention, it also involved Harvie in equality campaigning. Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome During this period, he was active in the campaign to repeal Section 2A of the Local Government Act, more commonly known as Section 28. Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial amendment to the United Kingdom 's Local Government Act 1986 enacted on 24 May This campaign was successful, and Harvie has stated that the experience prompted him to become more actively involved in politics, leading to his joining the Scottish Green Party.
Parliamentary work
Harvie has gained attention both for issues strongly associated with the Greens, such as campaigning against the extension to the M74 motorway in Glasgow, and for more 'mainstream' issues such as opposition to the Identity Cards Bill. The A74(M and M74 motorways are two major Motorways in Scotland running continuously from the southern outskirts of Glasgow to the English Border at Enabling legislation for the British national identity card was passed under the Identity Cards Act 2006 Quickly after becoming an MSP he caused some controversy by proposing civil partnership legislation in the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament ( Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: Scottish Pairlament) is the devlolved national unicameral Though this legislation was ultimately handled at Westminster and covered the whole UK, the distinctive Scottish proposals helped to stimulate some public debate north of the border, both on the issue of same-sex relationships and on the process known as a Legislative Consent Motion by which the Scottish Parliament allows Westminster to legislate for the whole UK. A Legislative Consent Motion (also known as a Sewel motion) is a parliamentary motion passed by the Scottish Parliament, in which it agrees that the
Harvie was a member of the Communities Committee of the Scottish Parliament throughout the 2003-7 session, and through this committee he worked on the Antisocial Behaviour Bill, the Charities Bill and the Housing Bill, as well as on issues of homelessness, debt, the planning system and building standards. Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing because they cannot afford or are otherwise unable to maintain regular safe and adequate shelter Debt is that which is owed usually referencing Assets owed but the term can cover other obligations
In addition to the Communities portfolio, Harvie covered the Justice portfolio for the Greens, and has been active on a number of civil liberties issues. thumb| |Broken Liberty Istanbul Archaeology Museum Civil liberties are freedoms that protect the Individual from the Government. He has also been convener of the Cross Party Group (CPG) on Human Rights, and helped to establish a CPG on Sexual Health.
Following the Green Party's disappointing performance in the 2007 election, Harvie was returned with a reduced share of the vote. However the tight parliamentary arithmetic and a constructive relationship with the Scottish National Party led to a Co-operation Agreement between the two parties. Under this, Harvie was nominated to convene the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee.
In 2004 Harvie was given the 'One to Watch' award at the annual Scottish Politician of the Year event. Scottish Politician of the Year is an annual award established in 1999
Miscellaneous
Harvie is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society, Honorary Vice-President of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and a patron of Parents' Enquiry Scotland. The National Secular Society is a British campaigning organisation which promotes Secularism, the separation of Church and State to make society fair for everyone The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association ( GALHA) is a Humanist campaigning organisation that represents the many non-religious in the Lesbian and Gay Parents Enquiry Scotland is an Edinburgh based support group for the parents of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people He is a board member of the Glasgay! Festival, and a member of Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Equality Network, Stonewall (UK), Amnesty International, Humanist Society of Scotland and the Campaign Against the Arms Trade. Glasgay! Festival is a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Arts festival in Glasgow, Scotland. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 Friends of the Earth (HK is not a member of Friends of the Earth International The Equality Network is an Edinburgh based organisation which campaigns for the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Stonewall is a Gay rights campaign organisation in the United Kingdom named after the Stonewall Inn of Stonewall riots fame Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to The Humanist Society of Scotland (HSS is a Scottish organisation that promotes Humanist views Harvie writes a weekly column in the Scottish edition of the Big Issue. Founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991, The Big Issue produces an award winning entertainment and current affairs
He is bisexual, and may be the first openly bisexual parliamentarian in the United Kingdom. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Harvie is an advocate of Open Source and Free Software, and a Linux user. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks
He was also a candidate for the election for Rector of the University of Glasgow in February 2008. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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