Provost Councillor Bill Howatson

Bill Howatson  
Bill Howatson

Provost Councillor Howatson was elected to Aberdeenshire Council in 1999 and became Provost in May 2007. He has also served as Chair of the Kincardine & Mearns Area Committee from 2003 to 2007. Councillor Howatson was Educated at Lockerbie Academy and Edinburgh University (MA Scottish Historical Studies).  He has written regularly for the  Press and Journal and Dundee Courier on farming and rural matters and in  2003 was made a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies in recognition of his contribution to agricultural journalism.  He also Chairs the North East of Scotland Agriculture Advisory Committee and the North East of Scotland Fisheries Development Partnership.