Malcolm Chisholm (born 7 March 1949) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, and a former Scottish Executive minister.
Chisholm was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh and became an English teacher. He is married with three children.
Chisholm was Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Leith from 1992, then Edinburgh North and Leith from 1997. He served as a junior local government and transport minister for a few months in 1997 but resigned over lone parent benefit cuts. He remained an MP until 2001, when he stood down from the House of Commons in order to concentrate on the Scottish Parliament, to which he was elected in 1999 for the same constituency. He became Minister for Health and Community Care in 2001, then Minister for Communities from October 2004.
In December 2006 he criticised the decision to renew Trident, Britain's nuclear deterrent, in opposition to First Minister Jack McConnell, leading to speculation he may be removed from office. [1] He subsequently resigned on December 21, 2006 after supporting a motion passed by the Scottish National Party that opposed the replacement of the nuclear submarines. [2]
On September 17, 2007 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Culture and External Affairs by new Scottish Labour Opposition Leader, Wendy Alexander.
He is known to be a Hibs fan.
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