Edward Mountain (politician)

Edward Mountain MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016
Personal details
Born	19 March 1961
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party

Sir Edward Brian Stanford Mountain, 4th Baronet (born 19 March 1961) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region since the election in May 2016.^[1]

Early life

In the 2011 he stood in the Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency where he finished fourth.^[3]

He stood unsuccessfully in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in the United Kingdom general election, 2015. In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election he stood as the Conservative candidate for the Inverness and Nairn, coming second to Fergus Ewing although Mountain took one of the three places that the Conservatives won on the regional list.^[4]

Mountain is the Scottish Conservative spokesperson for land reform.^[5]

Scottish Conservative Party MSPs

Elected in the 2016 election; See also: Members of the 5th Scottish Parliament

Leadership	Ruth Davidson (Leader) Jackson Carlaw (Deputy Leader and culture, tourism and external affairs) John Lamont (Chief Whip)

Frontbench members	Murdo Fraser (Finance) Dean Lockhart (Economy, jobs and fair work) Donald Cameron (Health and sport) Elizabeth Smith (Education and skills) Adam Tomkins (Communities, social security, the constitution and equalities Douglas Ross (Justice) Peter Chapman (Rural economy and connectivity) Maurice Golden (Environment, climate change and land reform)

Backbenchers	Jeremy Balfour Miles Briggs Alexander Burnett Finlay Carson Maurice Corry Jamie Greene Rachael Hamilton Alison Harris Liam Kerr Gordon Lindhurst Margaret Mitchell Edward Mountain Oliver Mundell John Scott Graham Simpson Alexander Stewart Ross Thomson Annie Wells Brian Whittle

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region

Elected in the 2016 election

Constituency MSPs	Michael Russell (SNP, Argyll and Bute) Gail Ross (SNP, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness and Nairn) Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) Kate Forbes (SNP, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles)

Additional members	Donald Cameron (Con) John Finnie (Green) Rhoda Grant (Lab) Edward Mountain (Con) Douglas Ross (Con) David Stewart (Lab) Maree Todd (SNP)

SNP (7 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Liberal Democrats (2 seats), Labour (2 seats), Greens (1 seat)

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Denis Mortimer Mountain, 3rd Baronet	Baronet (of Oare Manor and Brendon)	Succeeded by Incumbent

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