Bruce Millan
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Bruce Millan (5 October 1927 – 21 February 2013) was a Scottish Labour politician.
Early life
He was born in Dundee and educated at the Harris Academy in that city.[1]
Parliamentary career
Millan unsuccessfully contested West Renfrewshire in 1951 and Glasgow Craigton in the 1955 general election.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Craigton at the 1959 general election and served for that seat, and after its abolition in 1983 for Glasgow Govan, until 1988.[2] He served in the Wilson Government of 1964–70 as Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force from 1964 to 1966, and as Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1966 to 1970, and in the Callaghan government of 1976–1979 as Secretary of State for Scotland,[3][4] he subsequently served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland under new leader Michael Foot.
After Parliament
In 1988 he left Parliament, by applying for the Chiltern Hundreds, to take up the post of European Commissioner for Regional Policy and Cohesion which he held until 1995.[3] The vacancy he left was filled by Jim Sillars of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the notable Glasgow Govan by-election of 1988.[5]
In 1999–2001 he chaired the Millan Committee which proposed reforms to the provision of Mental Health care in Scotland.[3][5][6]
References
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Bruce Millan
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Glasgow Craigton 1959–1983 |
Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Glasgow Govan 1983–1988 |
Succeeded by Jim Sillars |
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| Preceded by | Secretary of State for Scotland 1976–1979 |
Succeeded by George Younger |
| Preceded by | British European Commissioner 1989–1994 Served alongside: Leon Brittan |
Succeeded by Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Succeeded by Leon Brittan |
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| Preceded by | European Commissioner for Regional Policy 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by Monika Wulf-Mathies |
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