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Sir Malcolm Bruce

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Kt PC
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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
Preceded by Russell Johnston
Succeeded by Jim Wallace
Member of Parliament
for Gordon
In office
9 June 1983 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Alex Salmond
Personal details
Born (1944-11-17) 17 November 1944 (age 72)
Birkenhead, England, UK
Political party Liberal Democrats
Spouse(s) Veronica Wilson (1969–1992)
Rosemary Vetterlein (1998–present)
Children 5
Alma mater University of St Andrews
University of Strathclyde

Malcolm Gray Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie, Kt 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. He was deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats from 28 January 2014. He was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours. He was also previously President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats until being succeeded by Councillor Eileen McCartin from 1 January 2016.

Bruce was born in Birkenhead, he was educated at Wrekin College in Shropshire, England, prior to attending Queen's College (now the University of Dundee) at the University of St Andrews, where he received a degree in economics and political science, and Strathclyde University where he received a second degree in marketing. He was a trainee journalist with the Liverpool Post for a year from 1966 prior to him becoming a section buyer with the Boots Group in 1967. After a brief spell with A. Goldberg & Son, he was appointed in 1971 as a research and information officer with the North East Scotland Development Agency. He contested the parliamentary seat of North Angus and Mearns for the Liberal Party at the October 1974 general election, but the sitting Conservative and Unionist MP Alick Buchanan-Smith won with a majority of 2,551.


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