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Ian C. H. Macdonald (born 1934) is a former Scottish nationalist activist. Macdonald studied at the Glasgow Academy and University of Glasgow before undertaking National Service〔''The Times House of Commons'' (1979), p.38〕 He joined the Scottish National Party (SNP), and began working on a farm in Kilearn, in 1956 starting a branch of the SNP in nearby Balfron. The following year, he inherited the family farm in Newmilns, and started the Irvine Valley branch of the party.〔Gordon Wilson, ''SNP: the turbulent years'', p.4〕 He was elected to the SNP organisation committee, and in 1961 to its executive.〔Gordon Wilson, ''SNP: the turbulent years'', p.3〕 The party also stood him as its candidate at the Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1961, its first by-election candidacy in nine years. Supported by election agent Alan Niven, Macdonald won 18.7% of the vote in a seat which the party had never previously contested. This result delighted Macdonald, who sold the farm to become the SNP's first full-time national organiser since the early 1950s.〔Peter Lynch, ''SNP: the history of the Scottish National Party'', pp.96-100〕〔William Wolfe, ''Scotland lives'', p.11〕 Macdonald proved a very effective organiser, travelling the nation to set up new branches.〔James Mitchell, ''Strategies for self-government'', p.198〕 He married Karen, daughter of SNP activist Douglas Drysdale, although then struggled as Douglas interfered with his work.〔Gordon Wilson, ''SNP: The Turbulent Years'', p.27〕 By the time Macdonald stood down, in 1968, the SNP had gone from having 140 branches to having 484, and official membership had risen to 120,000.〔Andrew Marr, ''History of Modern Britain'', pp.444-445〕 He subsequently became a vice-president of the party, and remained on the party's national executive through the 1970s, during which time he ran a dry cleaning business. He also stood unsuccessfully for the SNP in several elections: Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire in 1970, Hamilton in February and October 1974, when he took 39% of the vote, and Central Ayrshire in 1979.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Macdonald (Scottish politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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