Career
Previously a crofter and a local councillor for 33 years, he was first elected to the Scottish Parliament at the 1999 election. He was one of three Liberal-Democratic MSPs to oppose his party"s coalition with the Labour Party (along with Keith Raffan and Donald Gorrie) and has deviated from the Executive on a number of issues (such as land reform, on which he believes they are not moving quickly enough). He was prominent within the parliament in opposing the Skye Bridge tolls, to the extent of threatening to resign from the Liberal Dems if they were not removed.
The tolls were abolished in December 2004.
As befitted one of the few native Gaelic speakers in the Scottish Parliament he co-sponsored (along with the Scottish National Party"s Michael Russell) a bill to secure the language"s status as being equal to English. He was angry when the Labour-Liberal Scottish Executive refused to back lieutenant
He was re-elected to the Scottish Parliament at the 2003 election with an increased share of the vote. After the 2007 election he was the oldest Managing Successful Programmes in Holyrood.
He stepped down as an Managing Successful Programmes at the 2011 Scottish Parliament general election, at which time his constituency was abolished.
In a surprise move Munro expressed support for Alex Salmond in the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections. He was a keen player and supporter of the sport of shinty, supporting local side Kinlochshiel. He died at his home on 26 January 2014.