Tributes have been paid to a Scots councillor who died from Covid-19.
News emerged on Sunday of Henry Anderson's death on Sunday evening.
Mr Anderson was an SNP representative for Almond and the Earn, and served the area for eight years.
Commenting on his passing, John Nicolson MP said: "I am so terribly sad to hear of the sudden death of Cllr. Henry Anderson.
"Henry and I met last year during the General Election campaign. I liked him immediately and as we drove around the constituency campaigning, I got to appreciate his warmth, wisdom, and dry—often self-deprecating—wit.
"Henry was passionate about his community and worked tirelessly as a Councillor. Only recently, we’d been corresponding about a post-COVID summer to come and the great gastronomic stops we’d have out and about once more. No one knew more about and loved Perthshire cuisine than Henry."
Councillor Tom McEwan wrote on Twitter: "Sad news tonight as we learn of the passing of SNP Councillor Henry Anderson (Almond and Earn Ward PKC) from COVID a gentleman, a dedicated cllr, family man and friend.. RiP."
Deputy First Minister John Swinney wrote: “Deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of Henry Anderson, a good, decent man and a faithful councillor. We will miss him enormously.
“My sympathy to his loved ones.”
And Conservative MSP Liz Smith also paid tribute, and said: "Very sorry to hear about the death of Cllr Henry Anderson.
"We did not agree on politics but he was a very decent man and he will be a big miss in Almond and Earn."
Why are you making commenting on HeraldScotland only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel