Winnie Ewing

Winifred Margaret Ewing is a Scottish nationalist, lawyer and prominent Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was a Member of Parliament, Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Scottish Parliament. Her election victory in 1967 was a significant by-election in Scottish political history and began a surge of support for the SNP. She is known for saying 'stop the world, Scotland wants to get on' when elected to UK parliament in 1967 and at the European parliament named Madame Ecosse. Ewing was the Scottish National Party President from 1987 to 2005.