Former Perth and Kinross Council Provost Bob Scott has died following an illness.
Mr Scott from Luncarty, who was 71, had the distinction of serving as a district councillor, regional councillor and unitary councillor.
Mr Scott entered politics in the early 1980s, acting as election agent for Ben Coutts and was elected to Tayside Region in his own right later that decade.
This began a lengthy period of civic duty which culminated with his service as provost for Perth and Kinross Council for four years until he stepped down as a councillor for the Strathord and Logiealmond ward in 2007.
Mr Scott served on a number of committees and was convener of the roads and transport committee when it oversaw the implementation of the multi-million-pound flood defence for Perth.
He was also credited with playing an important role in the early stages of the ultimately successful bid for restoration of Perth’s city status.
Provost Elizabeth Grant said yesterday: “Everyone at the council was extremely saddened to hear the news that former provost Bob Scott had passed away.
“Bob was a dedicated and hard-working councillor, and then provost, for this area. Away from 2 High Street, Bob was a man of many interests.
“I know that he was particularly fascinated since childhood with the lighthouses that dot the Scottish coastline.”
Councillor Willie Wilson said: “He was an exemplary provost and relished his role as roads and transport convener.”
Away from politics Mr Scott was interested in pharology, the science of lighthouses, and lectured on the subject.
A deputy lieutenant of Perth and Kinross, he was an elder at the joint parish of the Church of Scotland of Redgorton and Stanley.
A volunteer and member of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, he was vice-chairman of the local branch of the National Trust for Scotland, a life member of Perth and Kinross Council Archives, a member of the RSPB, a friend of the Far North Rail Line and an officer in St John’s Scotland.