Editing Scottish Greens (section)

=== Origins in the Ecology Party (1978–1999) ===
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The Scottish Green Party originated as the Scottish branch of the [[Ecology Party]], founded in 1978 by [[Leslie Spoor]].<ref name="cockburn">Paul Cockburn, "Leslie Spoor", ''[[The Herald (Scotland)|The Herald]]'', 30 March 2011</ref> The Ecology Party became the [[UK]] [[Green Party (UK)|Green Party]] and it remained a constituent party until 1990, when the Scottish Green Party became a separate entity.

The [[1990 Highland Regional Council election]] gave the Greens their first ever councillor in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bochel |first1=JM |last2=Denver |first2=DT |title=Scottish Regional Elections, 1990 |url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1990.pdf |access-date=22 April 2020 |website=The Elections Centre |pages=3}}</ref> Roger (aka Rory) Winter, representing the Highland Green Party (Known in [[Scottish Gaelic]] as ''Uainich na Gàidhealtachd''), was elected in [[Nairn]]. However, Cllr Winter broke away from the Greens in 1991 and continued his four-year term as an Independent Green Highlander.