The festival also included environmental debates chaired by David Steel.
The electoral college system was only used once, when David Steel was elected leader.
David Steel chaired a committee a few years ago which looked at a federal solution to the UK.
David Steel proposed a merger of the two parties in following the 1987 general election.
David Steel said that when asked to choose, he felt like Cinderella being asked to decide between the two ugly sisters.
David Steel had read Schumacher's book and was going round saying that in his view everything small was invariably better.
Whom did David Steel beat in the 1975 Liberal leadership contest?
He lost to David Steel, who received 12,541 votes to Pardoe's 7,032.
He was also president of the university's Liberal club, taking over from David Steel, who became a lifelong friend.
David Steel is one of them.