Editing Jimmy Halliday (section)

==Political office==
In 1956, Halliday was elected leader of the SNP when [[Robert McIntyre (politician)|Robert McIntyre]] decided to step down due to his belief that there was some opposition to him remaining leader amongst the party ranks.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/13087299.Jimmy_Halliday/ |title=Jimmy Halliday |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=8 January 2013 |access-date=2 March 2016}}</ref> Although aged only 28, Halliday seemed the natural replacement as he had been the SNP parliamentary candidate for [[Stirling and Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling and Falkirk Burghs]] at the [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955 general election]], and the only other SNP candidate besides McIntyre.<ref name = "bbc">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20905955 |title=Jimmy Halliday: Former SNP leader dies aged 85 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 January 2013 |access-date=3 January 2013}}</ref> Halliday contested the Stirling and Falkirk Burghs seat again at the [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]] general election and [[West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|West Fife]] in [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]].<ref name = "bbc"/>

Halliday led the SNP for four years but felt he had to resign due to the pressures of working life. Halliday remained active in the SNP, and was a regular columnist for the [[Scots Independent]] newspaper and chairman of the company which publishes it.<ref name=Scotsman>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-jimmy-halliday-author-historian-and-politician-1-2719521 |title=Obituary: Jimmy Halliday, author, historian and politician |work=[[The Scotsman]] |first=Gordon |last=Wilson |date=5 January 2013 |access-date=2 March 2016}}</ref>