Sam Galbraith (born 18 October 1945) is a Scottish Labour politician and former member of Parliament and Member of the Scottish Parliament. He served as Minister for Children and Education in the Scottish Executive under Donald Dewar from 1999 to 2000 and then, following the SQA exams fiasco, as Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture under Henry McLeish until his resignation on 20 March 2001 from Ministerial office and his parliamentary seats for health reasons. He had previously been a Scottish Office Minister between 1997 and 1999.