Английская Википедия:George Leslie (politician)
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George Andrew Leslie (21 November 1936 – 14 June 2023) was a Scottish politician and veterinary surgeon. He was the Scottish National Party (SNP)'s Senior Vice-Chairman from 1969 to 1971.
Early life
Leslie was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied at Hillhead High School and Glasgow University before becoming a vet.[1]
Political career
Leslie joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the early-1960s. He was selected to stand for the party at the 1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election.[2] During the by-election, one observer described his speeches as being in the style of Jimmy Maxton.[3] His campaign also featured the singing of both traditional and topical Scottish songs.[4] Although the party had never previously contested the seat, Leslie took 28% of the vote. The Labour Party share of the vote dropped considerably, enabling the Conservative Party to win – their last by-election win of the twentieth century in Scotland. Leslie's campaign marked the start of a year of successes for the SNP, including becoming the largest party in local government in Stirling, and victory in the Hamilton by-election.[5]
Leslie was soon elected to the Glasgow Corporation,[1] and, in June 1969, became the SNP's Senior Vice-Chairman.[6][7] Later, he served as a Strathclyde Regional councillor for East Kilbride, and he stood as the SNP candidate for Glasgow at the European Parliament election in 1979, taking 16.4% of the vote.[1]
During the early-1980s, Leslie was the SNP's vice-chairman for policy.[1] He was the party's candidate in the high-profile Glasgow Hillhead by-election in 1982 but, despite campaigning hard, he finished in fourth place,[8][9] with 11.3% of the votes cast.[10] He stood again in the Hillhead constituency at the 1983 general election, but only received 5.4% of the vote,[11] He stood in Strathclyde East at the 1984 European election, taking second place with 17.6% of the vote,[1] then in Kilmarnock and Loudoun in the 1987 general election, taking third place but with 18.2% of the vote.[12] Standing again in Strathclyde East at the 1989 European election, he increased his share to 25.2%,[13] and finally at the 1992 general election he took 15.6% and fourth place in Glasgow Pollok.[11]
On 28 February 2010, Leslie formally launched a campaign to contest Kilmarnock and Loudoun at the 2010 general election.[14] However, he finished in second place, 12,378 votes behind the Labour Party candidate Cathy Jamieson.
Leslie returned to his home on 13 June 2023 after a prolonged stay at University Hospital Crosshouse. He died the following day, at the age of 86.[15]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Guide to the European elections, 1984, BBC Political Research Unit, p.200
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Christopher Harvey, Scotland and nationalism, p.170
- ↑ Chris Cook and John Ramsden, By-elections in British politics, p.185
- ↑ Christopher Harvie and Peter Jones, The road to home rule: images of Scotland's cause, p.84
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Billy Wolfe, Scotland lives, p.138
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Tom Gallagher, Nationalism in the nineties, p.59
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 British Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: Scottish Burghs
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: Scottish Counties
- ↑ United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Scotland
- ↑ SNP 2010 UK General Election Candidates: George Leslie
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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