HANNAH Mary Goodlad's win in the Shetland Islands was a 'historic' moment for the SNP.
Goodlad won 47% of the vote in Sheltand, putting her ahead of the Liberal Democrat candidate Emma Macdonald, who was contesting the seat after the previous MSP, Beatrice Wishart, stepped down.
It is the first time the seat has not been held by the LibDems since devolution.
Even beyond devolution and the formation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the last time Shetland was represented by anyone other than a LibDem was in 1950.
But who is Goodlad, the island's newest MSP?
Born in Shetland, Goodlad was always a keen environmentalist, and writing in a University of Glasgow blog, said: "I grew up on the remote Scottish island of Shetland, surrounded by nature. After school, I’d put on my dad’s jacket and head off to the beach to play in the rockpools, collect stones and look at the wildlife.
"My fascination with the world around me followed me to school, where I was good at science and geography. Thanks to my grades, I was encouraged to go to university and ended up studying chemistry at the University of Glasgow.
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After changing course, she gained her undergraduate degree in Geology and Earth Sciences at Glasgow before being awarded a scholarship to study a master's in Petroleum Geology at Imperial College London.
Prior to her selection as a candidate for the SNP, she worked as a senior energy professional across renewables and hydrocarbons, and ran her own outdoor sauna business.
But in the last eight weeks, she turned her attention to door-knocking.
How historic is the SNP win in Shetland?
The Shetland Islands have been represented by the Liberal Party and later the Liberal Democrats since 1950, and yesterday's result means this will be the first time that the island's seat has changed hands since devolution.
Delivering a clear win, Goodlad achieved 5453 votes, with a 47.5% share and a majority of 1500 – much higher than predictions. Goodlad ran a community-focused campaign prioritising the local issues of fishing, demand for a new hospital, crofting, farming and GP practices.
Her campaigning was marked by sharing cups of tea in residents' homes, hopping across Shetland's inhabited islands, all of which she shared on her social media pages.
She came out ahead of Scottish LibDem candidate Emma Macdonald, who received 34% of the vote.
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After her win, Goodlad told BBC Scotland News she had been transparent with Shetland's traditionally Lib Dem voters, and that she ran a "hopeful, positive" campaign.
During her acceptance speech, she said: "My dad told me what to do if we were caught out at sea in a storm, head on into the wind, steady the speed, hold yourself perpendicular to the waves and focus relentlessly on the white harbour light, however small it may be.
"Harbour lights matter in this life. And today, we've reached ours. There are moments when history is made, and today, at 60 degrees north, we have done exactly that."
"But history is never ever made alone, it is always made together, it is shaped by tide and by time ebbing and flowing over the years, carried forward by the hard work and determination of those who came afore us.
"We provided folks with something to vote for and not against. We won by listening, by acting and by showing people that we had a plan. Every single conversation mattered and every voice counted.
"It's time to roll up our sleeves with the mandate that we have clearly got from Shetland. We've got work to do, and that starts today."
