George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie

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George Yull Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie (born 10 July 1919) is a former British Liberal Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland in 1964. He lost his seat in 1966, when he was defeated by Labour candidate Robert Maclennan. Ironically, Maclennan eventually became a senior Social Democrat Party/Liberal Democrat politician in the 1980s. Mackie contested Caithness and Sutherland again at the 1970 election, but lost by a wider margin. Subsequently, he was given a life peerage, as Baron Mackie of Benshie, of Kirriemuir in the County of Angus.

In 1980, he was elected to serve a term as Rector of the University of Dundee.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir David Robertson
Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland
19641966
Succeeded by
Robert Maclennan