Roy Hendry Thomson
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Roy Hendry Thomson KStJ (27 August 1932 – 29 November 2009) was a Scottish businessman, public servant and political activist, based in Aberdeen.
Early and personal life
Thomson attended
Order of St John and a deputy lieutenant of Aberdeen until August 2007. He also received an MLitt in 2009, writing his thesis on the contribution made by the Scottish Constitutional Convention to the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament
.
Political activity
Thomson was a long-standing and senior member of the
Aberdeen District Council, later becoming the first Liberal Leader of the council. He also acted as the election agent for Malcolm Bruce MP in the Gordon
constituency in 1979 and 1983. He was also active within the Party nationally, serving as both Convener (chairman) and later President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. At the time of his death, he was (for the second time) serving as Scotland's representative on the Party's UK-wide Executive Committee.
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