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Highlands & Islands Region

Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party candidates

Jim Fry 1. Jim Fry SSCUP
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
Jim Fry and his wife Betty have lived in Thurso for 44 years with their children and grandchildren. Jim was an elected councillor for approximately 28 years, serving on Town, County, District, Highland Region and Community Councils, some in very senior positions. He also has vast experience in public services e.g. Enterprise Network, Careers, Health Matters, University of Highlands and Islands, Justice of Peace, Prison Visiting. His current interests include Age Concern Scotland, locally and nationally, Alzheimer Scotland Action on Dementia, locally and nationally, Scottish Pensions Forum, Patients Council, Community Health Service Provision and Retirement Organisations. He has always been interested in the well-being of people particularly thevulnerable. As part of that interest, he has joined the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party where he hopes to represent the interests of the Highlands and Islands at all times.

Recent electoral experience
Previous Town, County, District and Regional Cllr.
Who 2. Joan McDowall SSCUP
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
Joan McDowall is a member of the SSCUP's Helensburgh branch.

Recent electoral experience
George W. Stewart 3. George W. Stewart SSCUP
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
George Stewart was born in Edinburgh in 1936 and educated at Edinburgh Academy. He worked in the wool trade from 1950 to 1980, then he and his wife owned the Arisaig hotel for fourteen years. They then moved to Oban where they bought the Dungallan House Hotel. In 2001, they retired and moved to the Isle of Seil.

Recent electoral experience
Jill Galbraith 4. Jill Galbraith SSCUP
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
Jill Galbraith lives on the Isle of Mull and was actively supportive of John's Bill regarding the sale of homes to fund residential care. She collected a hundred names and sent them to John in Holyrood.She is hugely supportive of the SSCUP and its efforts to raise awareness of issues affecting Scottish Senior Citizens.

Recent electoral experience

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