Local Politics Again
Unusually, he returned to local politics after leaving Parliament, serving as a member of Grampian Regional Council from 1994 to 1996. He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen in 1995. He rejoined Aberdeen City Council in 1995, serving alongside his wife, before both retired in May 2007. He was chairman of the Royal Aberdeen Workshops for the Blind and Disabled from 2002 to 2004.
He married June Wellburn 1954. He suffered from pneumonia in later life. He was survived by his wife and their three daughters.
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