Army career

Corry joined the British Army in 1972 serving initially with the 51st Highland Volunteers part of the Territorial Army.^[1] Captain Corry was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1984.,^[2] a first clasp to the medal in February 1994^[3] and a second clasp in 1997^[4] He was promoted to major in June 1984.^[5] Major Corry was transferred to the Black Watch in February 1995.^[6] He retired from the Royal Regiment of Scotland in September 2009.^[7]

Political career

Corry was elected to the Argyll and Bute council, representing Lomond North in 2012.^[8]

In 2016, Corry stood for the Scottish Parliament as the Conservative candidate for Dumbarton where he came third, then was elected from the West Scotland regional list.^[9] Corry sat on the Parliamnet's Public Petitions Committee.^[10] After his election to the Scottish Parliament he also continued in his position as a local councillor.^[11] He is the Conservative's spokesperson for veterans' affairs.^[12] In May 2016 in a Holyrood EU Referendum debate, Corry voted to back the case to leave the European Union. He later explained he had pressed the wrong button during the vote.^[13]

At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Corry contested the Dumbarton constituency, a Labour–SNP marginal where he came a distant third with 8.3% of the votes.^[14] He was placed eighth on the Conservative list for West Scotland,^[15] so he did not win one of the region's three lists seats.^[16] Corry's low placement on the list followed his omission from a list of endorsements by a vetting committee set up by Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament.^[17]

In the 2022 Council Election, he was returned once again to Argyll & Bute as a member for Lomond North, and was appointed Provost by the administration on 18 May 2022.^[18][19]