predecessor successor death_date birth_place leader death_place children religion party profession office birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
arthur donaldson sandy milne gordon wilson george leslie 18 march 2010 bathgate , west lothian , scotland arthur donaldson hamilton , lanarkshire , scotland 4 -lrb- 1st marriage -rrb- church of scotland scottish national party chartered accountant depute leader of the scottish national party 22 february 1924 leader of the scottish national party 1 june 1969 1966 arna -rrb- ; dinwiddie -lrb- m 1953 , div . 1989 william wolfe
 15 september 1979 1969 william wolfe
william wolfe

william cuthbertson `` billy '' wolfe -lrb- 22 february 1924 -- 18 march 2010 -rrb- was a scottish accountant , manufacturer and scottish national party politician .
he was the national convenor -lrb- leader -rrb- of the scottish national party -lrb- snp -rrb- from 1969 to 1979 , playing a central role in the transformation of the snp into a modern , progressive political movement , and in the development of the snp 's social democratic political philosophy .
