# Maureen Macmillan

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Scottish politician (born 1943)

Maureen Macmillan Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) In office 6 May 1999 – 2 April 2007 Personal details Born (1943-02-09) 9 February 1943 (age 83) Oban, Scotland Party Scottish Labour Party

**Maureen Macmillan** (born 9 February 1943) is a [Scottish Labour Party](/source/Scottish_Labour) politician. She was a [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) for the [Highlands and Islands](/source/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) list from 1999 until 2007.

Prior to her election she worked as a teacher of English at [Millburn Academy](/source/Millburn_Academy) in Inverness and in a voluntary capacity with Ross-shire Women's Aid of which she was a founding member. Apart from her work in her native Highlands, she is particularly credited as being the force behind the [Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001](/source/Protection_from_Abuse_(Scotland)_Act_2001) which extended protection of victims of [domestic violence](/source/Domestic_violence) to unmarried couples. The Bill was promoted by the then Scottish Parliament Justice and Home Affairs Committee and became the first Committee Bill ever to be enacted into law by the Scottish Parliament.

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## External links

- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: [Maureen Macmillan](https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/maureen-macmillan)

- [Maureen MacMillan MSP](https://web.archive.org/web/20060307104656/http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/highlandsa1/) profile at the site of Scottish Labour

v t e Former Labour Party MSPs By date first representing Scottish Labour in the Scottish Parliament 1999 Wendy Alexander Scott Barrie Sarah Boyack Rhona Brankin Bill Butler Malcolm Chisholm Cathie Craigie Margaret Curran Susan Deacon Donald Dewar Helen Eadie Patricia Ferguson Sam Galbraith Karen Gillon Trish Godman Rhoda Grant Iain Gray Hugh Henry John Home Robertson Janis Hughes Gordon Jackson Sylvia Jackson Cathy Jamieson Margaret Jamieson Andy Kerr Johann Lamont Marilyn Livingstone Jack McConnell Lewis Macdonald Angus MacKay Kate Maclean Ken Macintosh Maureen Macmillan Paul Martin John McAllion Frank McAveety Tom McCabe Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale Henry McLeish Michael McMahon Duncan McNeil Des McNulty Alasdair Morrison Bristow Muldoon Mary Mulligan Elaine Murray Irene Oldfather Peter Peacock Cathy Peattie Richard Simpson Elaine Smith Elaine Thomson Mike Watson Ian Welsh Karen Whitefield Allan Wilson 2001 Brian Fitzpatrick 2003 Richard Baker Marlyn Glen Christine May 2005 Charlie Gordon 2007 Baron Foulkes of Cumnock James Kelly John Park David Stewart David Whitton 2011 Claudia Beamish Kezia Dugdale Mary Fee Neil Findlay Hanzala Malik Jenny Marra Margaret McCulloch Margaret McDougall Siobhan McMahon Anne McTaggart Graeme Pearson John Pentland Drew Smith 2012 Jayne Baxter 2013 Cara Hilton 2014 Alex Rowley 2016 Lesley Brennan Monica Lennon Richard Leonard Colin Smyth 2021 Foysol Choudhury Pam Duncan-Glancy Paul O'Kane Mercedes Villalba Martin Whitfield 2025 Davy Russell

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