Chris Ballance
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chris Ballance (born on 7 July 1952) is a Scottish playwright and politician. He is a member of the Scottish Green Party and has been a councillor for the Aird and Loch Ness wards in the Highland Council since 2022. He was also a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South of Scotland region from 2003 to 2007.
Biography
Born in Worcester, England, he owned and managed a second-hand bookshop in Wigtown, won a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1990,[1][2] and wrote sketches for Radio Scotland.
Political career
He was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2003. He held a seat on the Parliament's Enterprise and Culture Committee and was the Green's Parliamentary business manager and speaker on nuclear issues, culture, and peace.[3] He stood again in the 2007 election but was not re-elected.
In August 2007 he was appointed to the Scottish Broadcasting Commission established by the Scottish Executive.[4]
Ballance stood as a Green candidate in the Aird and Loch Ness ward for the 2017 Highland Council election.[5] He stood again in 2022 and was elected as a councillor.[6]
Personal life
He is a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Plays
- Water of Life (1989)
- Bread and Water (1997)
- Hope Deferred (1997)
- Viva La Diva (2001)[7]
- It's My Party (2007)[8]
References
External links
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