William Stewart Maxwell was born on 24 December 1963 and is a Scottish National Party politician.
13 Facts About Stewart Maxwell
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Stewart Maxwell was the Minister for Communities and Sport from 2007 to 2009 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region from 2003 to 2016.
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Stewart Maxwell attended Kings Park Secondary School before graduating from Glasgow College of Technology with a BA Honours Social Sciences.
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Stewart Maxwell worked for Strathclyde Fire Brigade between 1993 and 2003 before being elected.
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Stewart Maxwell stood as the SNP candidate in the 2003 election and was elected by the regional list.
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Stewart Maxwell transferred from Justice 1 to Justice 2 Committee in 2004 and was appointed to the post of SNP spokesperson on Public Health and the Shadow Deputy Minister for Health.
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Stewart Maxwell is best known for being the architect of the ban on smoking in enclosed places in Scotland.
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Stewart Maxwell laid a motion in the Scottish Parliament stating that he intended to bring forward a bill to ban smoking in public places in July 2003 and went on to introduce the Bill to ban tobacco smoking in enclosed public places in February 2004.
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Stewart Maxwell successfully moved an amendment to the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice Bill which doubled the maximum sentence for carrying a knife in public.
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Stewart Maxwell is currently a member of the following CPGs: Tobacco Control, Veterans, Golf and Universities and Colleges.
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Stewart Maxwell, who was third on the SNP list for the West of Scotland in 2003, was elected to first place on the SNP list for 2007 and topped the list again in 2011.
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Ahead of the 2016 elections, Stewart Maxwell was confirmed as the SNP's candidate for the Eastwood constituency in July 2015.
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Stewart Maxwell was appointed as an honorary patron of Armed Forces Legal Action in April 2014.