In August 2007 he announced that he was to step down as an MSP to concentrate on being an Edinburgh councillor and was replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville in the Scottish Parliament on 31 August 2007.[1][2] Tymkewycz stood down as councillor in 2017.[3]
Personal life
Tymkewycz was formerly a police officer before being elected. He now runs his own property business in Edinburgh.
His father Bohdan Tymkewycz was a member of the 14th Waffen SS Galizien Division during World War II and was a Prisoner of War stationed in Scotland and remained in the country after his release.[4][5]