Gillian Anne Martin is a Scottish politician serving as the Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Aberdeenshire East since 2016.
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17 Facts About Gillian Martin
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Gillian Martin was the manager of an emergency media response team for oil and gas companies for 10 years.
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Gillian Martin has worked as a lecturer for 15 years in TV production.
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Gillian Martin was on the WFI executive committee as the member for North East region, and has continued participation as an ordinary member since becoming an MSP.
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Gillian Martin joined the SNP on 19 September 2014, on the morning after the Scottish independence referendum.
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Gillian Martin emerged as a candidate for the Aberdeenshire East constituency of the Scottish Parliament in July 2015.
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Gillian Martin was elected to serve as MSP in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
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Gillian Martin brought forward the Seat Belts on School Transport Bill.
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On 27 June 2018 the Scottish Government announced that Gillian Martin would be appointed Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science.
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However, following media attention around a series of offensive blogs Gillian Martin wrote during her time as a college lecturer, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon subsequently withdrew Gillian Martin's nomination when presenting her new ministerial team to the Scottish Parliament for approval.
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Gillian Martin wrote of a survey of transgender people, "the EU clearly have a Tranny Trove [of money]".
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In September 2018, Gillian Martin was appointed as Convener of the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee.
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From 2016 to 2018 Gillian Martin was co-convenor of the Scottish Parliament cross-party group on Oil and Gas.
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Gillian Martin has used her time in parliament to highlight the downturn of the oil and gas sector in the North East, and the effect it has had on those living in Aberdeenshire East.
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Gillian Martin has spoken out on behalf of workers who have been discriminated against due to their oil and gas connections, and has been a vocal supporter of the efforts being by the Scottish Government made to assist those facing unemployment.
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In 2018, Gillian Martin apologised "unreservedly" for "inappropriate and offensive" remarks she had posted on a blog about transgender people in 2007.
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