A former MSP and main campaigner for the city of Ayr has handed away following a brief sickness.
Stylish Brodie, who fought for a lot of excessive profile points together with the Station Resort, was 78.
His political profession spanned virtually 50 years and included roles as a councillor and elected member each north and south of the border.
Born in Dundee, Brodie first sought election to Parliament on the 1974 UK Common Election for town's East ward as a Liberal candidate.
He would go on to combat numerous elections in each Scotland and England earlier than being elected to serve Surrey Heath's Parkside ward of their 1995 native vote.
He then joined the Scottish Nationwide Celebration in 2010, first standing for them on the 2010 Common Election for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock.
A 12 months later, he stood as a candidate within the 2011 Scottish Parliament election within the Ayr constituency and was returned on the regional listing as an MSP for South Scotland.
At Parliament, he was a deputy convener of the Public Petitions committee and a member of the Economic system, Power and Tourism Committee and the Subordinate Laws Committee.
It led to an notorious conflict in parliament with Donald Trump in 2013 when the longer term President was giving proof to the panel, of which Brodie was a member, on potential windfarms close to his Menie golf course in Aberdeen.
Brodie would later recall: “I challenged him head on and it turned often known as the Battle of the Barnets.
“To be truthful, there was a mutual respect after that and we constructed up one thing of a relationship when he purchased Turnberry. His funding on this space and its younger folks has been nothing wanting very good.”
Brodie was additionally Convener of the Cross-Celebration Group on Social Enterprise, and a member of the teams on China, Golf and Nuclear Disarmament.
He did not win choice because the SNP candidate for the Ayr constituency in 2015, dropping out to Glasgow councillor Jennifer Dunn.
It will result in Brodie later resigning from the get together and standing as an unbiased in each the 2017 and 2022 South Ayrshire Council native elections.
Within the interim interval, he additionally established his personal political get together, Scotia Future, and stood within the Ayr constituency in 2021.
Down the years, he fought lengthy and vociferous campaigns to advertise the financial regeneration of Ayr and performed a key position in attempting to save lots of the Station Resort from demolition - one thing which remained a ardour in his remaining days.
He was additionally a number one proponent of revitalising Belleisle Resort and argued for the drilling of oil off Ayrshire's coast, amongst different excessive profile causes.
He's survived by his life accomplice of virtually 30 years, Mary. They shared 5 kids and 11 grandchildren.
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