Tricia Marwick

Patricia Marwick, commonly known as Tricia Marwick, is a Scottish politician who served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2011 to 2016. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2016, initially elected for the Mid Scotland and Fife region and then for the Mid Fife and Glenrothes, formerly Central Fife, constituency after 2007. Elected as a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she suspended her membership in 2011 upon her election as presiding officer, following the tradition of the presiding officer being nonpartisan.