Back مالكوم بروس Arabic مالكوم بروس ARZ ম্যালকম ব্রুস Bengali/Bangla Malcolm Bruce German Malcolm Bruce French Calum Brus Irish Calum Brus Scots/Gaelic Milcolumbus Bruce Latin Malcolm Bruce Swedish
The Lord Bruce of Bennachie | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats | |
| In office 28 January 2014 – 8 May 2015 | |
| Leader | Nick Clegg |
| Preceded by | Simon Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Jo Swinson (2017) |
| Chair of the International Development Committee | |
| In office 14 July 2005 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Baldry |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Twigg |
| Chair of the Liberal Democrats | |
| In office 9 August 1999 – 7 June 2001 | |
| Leader | Charles Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Alan Beith |
| Succeeded by | Mark Oaten |
| Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
| In office 3 March 1988 – 18 April 1992 | |
| Leader | David Steel/Bob Maclennan (joint acting leaders) Paddy Ashdown |
| President | Russell Johnston |
| Preceded by | Russell Johnston (as Leader of the Scottish Liberal Party) |
| Succeeded by | Jim Wallace |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 19 October 2015 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Gordon | |
| In office 9 June 1983 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Alex Salmond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1944 Birkenhead, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouses | Veronica Wilson
(m. 1969; div. 1992)Rosemary Vetterlein (m. 1998) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews University of Strathclyde |
Malcolm Gray Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie, PC (born 17 November 1944) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Gordon from 1983 to 2015 and was the chairman of the International Development Select Committee from 2005 to 2015.[1][2] He was deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats from 28 January 2014. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours.[3] He was also previously President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats until being succeeded by Councillor Eileen McCartin from 1 January 2016.
- ^ [1] Archived 28 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "International Development Committee – membership – UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Dissolution Peerages 2015". Gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2018.