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Stewart Stevenson was born in Edinburgh , Scotland , in 1946 and brought up in Cupar , Fife . After studying mathematics at the University Of Aberdeen he worked in Information Technology with the Bank Of Scotland for 30 years.

He joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1961 . He was elected to the Scottish Parliament in June 2001 following Alex Salmond 's resignation as Member Of The Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Banff And Buchan .

He is Deputy Shadow Justice Minister with responsibility for Prisons and Drugs policy, Convenor of the SNP Group in the Scottish Parliament and Deputy Convenor of the Parliament's Justice 1 Committee.

Since being elected he has made 239 speeches in Parliament at April 2006 and is thus the most prolific speaker since the Parliament's being re-convened in 1999.


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