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Emma harper snp
Emma Harper is a Scottish politician who is a Scottish National Party (SNP) member of Scottish Parliament for the South Scotland region, elected in the Scottish Parliament election, 2016.
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Harper was born and raised on a farm near Stranraer where her father was the Dairyman. She attended Stranraer Academy. In 1978 the family moved to a farm near Annan and she attended Annan Academy prior to her nurse training in Dumfries at the Royal College of Nursing and Midwifery. Harper has worked in hospitals in NHS Scotland, NHS England and in the United States at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Her work included transplant and trauma surgery before going on to lead nursing surgical teams and provide specialist Clinical Education.
Harper is a degreed Registered Nurse, member of the Royal College of Nursing and the Association for Perioperative Practice. Additionally, as a keen Burnsian Emma is is Past President of Dumfries Ladies Burns Club Number 1.
Emma harper
Political career
Harper joined the SNP in 2010.
In 2015 she stood for the UK Parliament as SNP candidate for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale where she finished second and achieved a huge swing of +27.5% of the vote for the SNP, narrowly losing the seat by only 798 votes.