Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater is a Canadian politician in Scotland. She is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Central, having been elected in 2026, the first Scottish Green MSP to be elected by a constituency rather than a region. She served as Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity in the Scottish Government from 2021 to 2024. She was co-leader of the Scottish Greens, alongside Patrick Harvie, from 2019 to 2025, and was one of the first Green politicians in the UK to