Lord wallace of tankerness biography sample

Scottish politician (born )

For other people named James Wallace, see James Wallace (disambiguation).

James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, PC, KC, FRSE (born 25 August ) is a Scottish politician serving as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the British House of Lords since He served as the Deputy First Minister of Scotland from to , and during that time he served twice as acting First Minister, in , in the aftermath of Donald Dewar's death and in , following Henry McLeish's resignation.

He was formerly Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from to and Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from to Wallace also served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from to

Wallace served as a Liberal DemocratMember of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland from to and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Orkney from to He also served as Advocate General for Sc