Jim Murphy MP is the new leader of the Scottish Labour Party, comfortably beating Holyrood health spokesman Neil Findlay and former Scottish Executive minister Sarah Boyack.
The East Renfrewshire MP and former Secretary Of State for Scotland had been favourite to win the race triggered by the resignation of previous leader Johann Lamont.
After the announcement, Mr Murphy, who received 55.77% of the vote, said: "Today is the fulfilment of a dream for me."
Speaking to Labour party members at the Glasgow Emirates Arena, he joked that he had always dreamed of being appointed captain of a team in the east end of Glasgow.
He said becoming leader was a "remarkable honour".
"Scotland is changing and so too must Scottish Labour. I'm ambitious for our party because I'm ambitious for our country."
Mr Murphy told Sky News' Anna Jones: "This is fresh start for the Scottish Labour Party. We are going to do things differently. It's a new beginning. We are going to identify new policies and a new approach.
"I want us to use our passion and ingenuity to change our country. I know we can do it if we work together."
He said he would be the one making the decisions for Scottish Labour, not Westminster.
"I am big enough and ugly enough not to be pushed around by anyone. I'll make the decisions, we'll call the shots here in Scotland.
"The Scottish Labour Party is back in business."
Polls indicate that Labour could be routed in Scotland at May's General Election, as support for the SNP rises, but Mr Murphy said he was determined to change that.
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Gallery: Jim Murphy: Scottish Labour Leader's Career
Jim Murphy was born in 1967 in Glasgow. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was a boy but Murphy returned to Scotland in the 1980s.
As a student he became president of NUS Scotland in 1992 and NUS UK from 1994 to 1996.
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