Robert McKay Gibson (born 10 October 1945) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.

He was a district councillor in Ross and Cromarty and worked as a senior secondary school teacher in Alness and Invergordon before taking early retirement in 1995.

[1] Gibson stood as SNP candidate for the Inverness seat in the February 1974 United Kingdom general election.

[4] During the fourth Scottish Parliament, he was the Convener of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee.

[2] His partner is the former Highlands and Islands MSP, Eleanor Scott, of the Scottish Greens; they have two children, a son and a daughter.