Education
Brodie was educated at Morgan Academy in Dundee and graduated from the University of Street Andrews in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics.
politician Member of the Scottish Parliament
Brodie was educated at Morgan Academy in Dundee and graduated from the University of Street Andrews in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics.
Brodie previously stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the 1992, 1997 and 2001 United Kingdom General Elections, and as a Liberal in the General Elections of October 1974, 1979, 1983 and 1987. Brodie first sought election to parliament as a Liberal candidate in the October 1974 United Kingdom General Election standing in Dundee East. He contested that seat again in 1979, before contesting Ayr in 1983 and Surrey North West in 1987.
Following the merger of the Liberals and the Social Democratic Party he fought Glasgow Garscadden as a Liberal Democrat at the 1992 election, finishing in fourth place in the seat held by then Shadow Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar.
Brodie stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the 1992, 1997 and 2001 United Kingdom General Elections. Scottish Parliament
Brodie was an Scottish National Party candidate in the 2011 Scottish Parliament general election.
He was not successful in the constituency vote for Ayr, but was returned on the regional list as an Managing Successful Programmes for South Scotland.
He then switched parties to the Scottish National Party, first standing for them in the 2010 United Kingdom general election for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock.
At Parliament, he was a deputy convener of the Public Petitions committee and a member of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee and the Subordinate Legislation Committee (see Committees of the Scottish Parliament). He is also Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Social Enterprise, and a member of the groups on China, Golf and Nuclear Disarmament.