James Halliday (27 February 1927 – 3 January 2013) was a Scottish author, historian and politician.
[2] He joined the SNP in 1943, aged 16, and also registered for military service in World War II.
[2] Halliday contested the Stirling and Falkirk Burghs seat again at the 1959 general election and West Fife in 1970.
[2] 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.