WINNIE EWING - SNP STALWART.

WINNIE EWING. **************** Winnie Ewing came to prominence in 1967 when she won the watershed Hamilton by-election as the SNP candidate. She was MP for Hamilton (1967-70) and then Moray and Nairn (1974-79). Winnie first became an MEP in 1975, only to give up her seat in 1999 to become an MSP in the first session of the Scottish Parliament, representing the Highlands and Islands. As the oldest member it was her duty to preside over the opening of the Scottish Parliament, a session she opened with the famous words, 'The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened'. Winnie Ewing was president of the SNP 1987-2005