Events from the year 1995 in Scotland.
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- Early – The Deep-fried Mars bar originates at Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven.[1]
- 6 April – 1995 Scottish local elections are held for the 29 new mainland unitary authorities that will replace the Regional and District Councils next year.
- 7 April – Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson as Robert Roy MacGregor, is released.
- 18 April – Caledonian MacBrayne Ullapool-Stornoway ferry MV Isle of Lewis is launched at Ferguson Shipbuilders' Port Glasgow yard.
- 24 May – Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace, is released; it goes on to win five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards.
- 25 May – Perth and Kinross by-election: Roseanna Cunningham wins for the Scottish National Party with a swing of 11.6%.
- 16 June – FirstBus is formed by merger of Badgerline with GRT Group of Aberdeen.
- 17 June - Pride March The first Pride march in Scotland gathers on Barony Street in Edinburgh on 17 June.
- 19 July – The Children (Scotland) Act, which seeks to put into legislation the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, receives the Royal Assent.
- 17 August – Arran distillery opens.
- 11 October – Duncan Ferguson, the 23-year-old Everton F.C. striker, receives a three-month prison sentence for assaulting an opponent while playing for Rangers F.C eighteen months earlier. Ferguson is the first British footballer to be jailed for an on-field offence.[2]
- 12 October – Boxer James Murray suffers serious head injuries in a fight at a Glasgow hotel, leading to a declaration of brain death on 15 October, sparking calls for boxing to be banned.
- 16 October – Skye bridge opened.
- November – The first onshore wind farm in Scotland, Hagshaw Hill in South Lanarkshire, is commissioned.[3]
- 8 November – Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 passed.
- 24 November – Duncan Ferguson is released from prison after serving half of his three-month sentence.[4]
- 30 November – Scottish Constitutional Convention publishes its blueprint for devolution, Scotland's Parliament, Scotland's Right.
- 30 December – Altnaharra matches the lowest temperature UK Weather Record at -27.2 °C.
"Mars supper, please". Daily Record. Glasgow. 24 August 2005.