Russell Johnston
1932-07-28

Baron Russell-Johnston of Minginish

Liberal/Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness 1964-83, Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber 1983-97

Chairman of the Scottish Liberal Party 1970-74, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Party 1974-88, President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 1988-94

Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1988-92

President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 1999-2002

Events (chair)

Russell Johnston chaired the following events on behalf of the Liberal Democrat History Group:

• Why didn’t the Liberal Party Die? The first Liberal revival, 1959-66

Journal Articles (subject)

The following journal articles are about Russell Johnston or mention them in some way:

• Scottish devolution: the Grimond years
• Russell Johnston

Groups

• Members of Parliament (Commons)
• Members of Parliament (Lords)

Related time periods

• 1956-1976
• 1976-1988
• 1988-2010