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There was a Scottish National Party leadership election in 2004 following the resignation of John Swinney as National Convener of the Scottish National Party (SNP). The election saw the return of Alex Salmond to the party fore, and a deal between Salmond and Sturgeon saw Sturgeon drop out of the leadership race and instead run for the Depute leadership on a joint campaign with Salmond. Both Salmond and Sturgeon won their respective positions in the first round.〔 ==Election== Elected in 2000, Swinney had presided over a contested leadership, marred by electoral failure. Following a disappointing European election result, Swinney resigned on 22 June 2004. The fight over who was to succeed Swinney saw the re-emergence of former leader Alex Salmond, who entered the race despite having repeatedly denied any ambitions to run. Most famously, Salmond quipped in June 2004 that "''If nominated I'll decline. If drafted I'll defer. And if elected I'll resign.''" Salmond launched his campaign less than a month later, on 15 July.〔 After Salmond announced his campaign for the leadership, Nicola Sturgeon dropped her bid, and ran instead for the Depute Leadership. The two ran on a joint campaign. Kenny MacAskill dropped his bid for Depute, and gave his support to Sturgeon.〔 Ultimately the Salmond-Sturgeon campaign was successful, and both candidates won in the first round. 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「Scottish National Party leadership election, 2004」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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