 Stewart was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003 as a Regional Member representing the West of Scotland. In the last session of the Parliament Stewart was the Shadow Minister for Sports, Culture & Media. He was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and holds the position of Minister for Communities & Sport in the new Scottish Government.
Stewart first joined the SNP in 1992 and has held a number of posts within the party including: Vice-Convenor in charge of publicity; Member of National Executive Committee.
Shortly after being elected in 2003, Stewart began the process of introducing a Member’s Bill ‘The Prohibition of Smoking in Regulated Areas’. The original intention of this Bill was to prohibit smoking in certain enclosed areas. This Bill was later taken up by the previous Executive, with Stewart’s support. It was through this process that the existing Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill came about.
Stewart was born in Glasgow in 1963 and was educated at King’s Park Secondary School and Glasgow College of Technology (now Glasgow Caledonian University) where he completed an honours degree in Social Science. Prior to being elected Stewart worked for Strathclyde Fire Service for over 10 years first as the Manager for Central Command and subsequently he worked on the development of the new Management Information IT System.
He is married with one daughter and lives in East Renfrewshire.
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