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Former deputy first minister Jim Wallace dies after surgery ‘complications’
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STV News
Former Scottish deputy first minister Jim Wallace has died after suffering complications as a result of surgery, his family have said.
Lord Wallace, who served as Holyrood’s first-ever deputy first minister, was undergoing a procedure at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Thursday, but died as a result of complications from what was a scheduled major operation.
His wife Rosie Wallace said: “The family are very shocked by Jim’s death.
A former Liberal MP for Orkney and Shetland, he served 18 years at the House of Commons, becoming Scottish Liberal Democrat leader in 1992 during his time there.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: “Jim Wallace was one of the architects of modern Scotland and one of the finest liberals our party has ever produced.