Career
He was elected during the 2007 election for the Lothians region. Tymkewycz is also a councillor for Craigentinny/Duddingston ward on the City of Edinburgh Council, and agreed not to take his allowance for that job while he was an Managing Successful Programmes. Formerly a police officer, he now runs his own property business in Edinburgh. In August 2007 he announced that he was to step down as an Managing Successful Programmes to concentrate on being an Edinburgh councillor and was replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville in the Scottish Parliament on 31 August 2007.