title: Maureen Macmillan
text: Maureen Macmillan (born 9 February 1943 in Oban) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands list from 1999 until 2007.
  
  Prior to her election she worked as a teacher of English at Millburn Academy in Inverness and in a voluntary capacity with Ross-shire Women's Aid of which she was a founding member.  Apart from her work in her native Highlands, she is particularly credited as being the force behind the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001 which extended protection of victims of domestic violence to unmarried couples.  The Bill was promoted by the then Scottish Parliament Justice and Home Affairs Committee and became the first Committee Bill ever to be enacted into law by the Scottish Parliament.
  
  References
  
  External links
   
  Maureen MacMillan MSP profile at the site of Scottish Labour
  
  1943 births
  Living people
  People from Oban
  Scottish schoolteachers
  Labour MSPs
  Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
  Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
  Female members of the Scottish Parliament
  20th-century Scottish women politicians