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- William_Wolfe abstract "William Cuthbertson Wolfe (22 February 1924 – 18 March 2010) was the National Convenor (leader) of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1969 to 1979. He helped transform the hitherto marginalised party into a political force, and the party's success advanced its claims to be a mainstream party and brought about negotiations that eventually led to the devolution of Scotland and the founding of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.Born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Wolfe was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and later qualified as a Chartered Accountant. After serving in the Scottish Horse regiment of the British Army in the Second World War he became active in various organisations designed to highlight the distinctiveness of Scotland and Scottish culture in particular. He began to believe though that only through direct political action would Scotland be advanced and became convinced of the need for Scottish independence. In 1959 he joined the SNP.He stood as the SNP candidate in the West Lothian by-election, 1962 against Tam Dalyell, managing to come second, which came as a surprise because the SNP had previously made little impact in the area. He became aware of the need for greater professionalism in the organisation of the SNP and diverted his attentions to this matter thereafter.In 1969 he replaced Arthur Donaldson as SNP National Convenor, and it was during Wolfe's period as leader that the party had its greatest electoral success to the Westminster parliament, winning 30% of the vote in Scotland and 11 of the 71 Scottish seats in the October 1974 General Election, though Wolfe failed to win a seat of his own. It is also Wolfe that is credited with doing much to develop the SNP as a clearly defined left-of-centre political party. Wolfe's anti-Catholicism caused some tension in the party. In 1979 he stood down as SNP leader after the party's disastrous performance in that year's General Election. He was succeeded by Gordon Wilson. Wolfe was party president from 1980 to 1982, when he made a highly controversial attack on the proposed visit of Pope John Paul II to Scotland. Nevertheless he remained active as a senior member of the SNP as well as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.Wolfe wrote poetry in the Scots language, as well as the book Scotland Lives: the Quest for Independence, which was published in 1971.Wolfe died at Udston Hospital, Hamilton in March 2010. Alex Salmond and Iain Gray were amongst the political leaders who offered their condolences. Salmond stated that Wolfe had "transformed it [the SNP] into a modern political party".".
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