Gary Dunion is a Scottish Green Party

Scottish Green Party

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 and Green Party of England and Wales

Green Party of England and Wales

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 politician, currently living in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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. He is the son of Kevin Dunion

Kevin Dunion

Kevin Dunion OBE is the first and current Scottish Information Commissioner, as well as the current Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews.-Early life:...

, the Scottish Information Commissioner

Scottish Information Commissioner

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.  He was educated at Portobello High School

Portobello High School

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, and has a Master's degree

Master's degree

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 in sustainable development

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.  He has previously worked as a campaign assistant for the World Development Movement Scotland

World Development Movement

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. He now works as Public Affairs Manager for the World Wide Fund for Nature

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 in Scotland.

He was second on the Scottish Green Party list for the Central Scotland region

Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Central Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament...

 in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections

Scottish Parliament election, 2007

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 but was not elected.  In 2008, he worked as Chief Press Officer of the Green Party (England and Wales).