Mervyn Rolfe
Mervyn James "Merv" Rolfe CBE was a Scottish politician, activist and writer, who was Provost and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Dundee from 1996 to 1999. During this period he chaired the Dundee City of Discovery Campaign which launched the Dundee International Book Prize in 1996 and won the Scottish Marketing Awards Grand Prix in 1999 for promion of the image of Dundee. Rolfe also served as the Deputy Leader of both the Tayside Regional Council and Dundee City Council as well as holding various Convenerships. As convenes of education for Tayside Region from 1986 to 1994, he doubled the provision of nursery places for under fives. He has been a member of the Angus and Dundee Tourist Board, Tayside Business Gateway and chair of the Dundee Partnership. As Chair of the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board from 1996 to 1999 he was responsible for providing disabled access to the bridge. He was awarded the CBE in 2000 for services to local government. He was Honorary Colonel to 2 (City of Dundee) Signal Sqn (Vol) from 2002–2010. In 1992 he stood for the UK Parliament in the seat of Perth & Kinross for the Scottish Labour Party. From 1999