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Robert Maclennan
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Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
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Born:
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26-Jun-36
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Family:
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Married (Helen). One son, one daughter, one step-son
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Education:
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Glasgow Academy Balliol College, Oxford Trinity College, Cambridge Columbia University, New York
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Non-political career:
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Barrister
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Political career:
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MP for Caithness and Sutherland 1966- (originally Labour) Resigned from Labour Party to join SDP in 1981 Parl'y Under-Sec of State, Department of Prices and Consumer Protection 1974-79 Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs 1980-81 Spokesman, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1981-87 SDP Spokesman on Agriculture and Fisheries 1982-83 SDP Spokesman on Scotland 1982-83 SDP Spokesman on Home and Legal Affairs 1983-87 Spokesman on Northern Ireland 1983-87 Leader of the SDP 1987 LibDem
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