Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeJim Wallace, Scotland’s first-ever deputy first minister, has died following complications from surgery, his family announced. His wife, Rosie Wallace, said: “The family are very shocked by Jim’s death. He took the party into coalition with Labour, which won the first Scottish Parliament elections – with that move seeing him become the country’s first deputy first minister. Jim Wallace was a very fine politician and a gentleman who cared deeply about his country and the integrity of the political system.