TRIBUTES have been paid to former Northern Isles MP Jim Wallace, who has died at the age of 71. Wallace was elected as MSP for Orkney and became deputy first minister of Scotland, serving in government from 1999 to 2005. Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, said: “Jim Wallace gave his adult life to serving the people of the Northern Isles, Scotland and the United Kingdom. SNP candidate at the forthcoming election, Hannah Mary Goodlad, said Jim Wallace had been a family friend. “Thoughts and deepest prayers to Rosie and the family at this incredibly hard time.”Labour candidate John Erskine said: “I’m deeply saddened to hear of the death of Jim Wallace.