Joanna Strathdee (27 December 1954 – 23 August 2015) was a Scottish National Party politician and a councillor on Aberdeenshire Council for the Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford ward.
[1] She contested the 2005 United Kingdom general election in Gordon unsuccessfully finishing fourth with 7,098 votes.
She later contested the 2010 United Kingdom general election in Aberdeen North unsuccessfully, finishing second with 8,385 votes to the Labour Party's Frank Doran.
She was a selected as an SNP candidate for Aberdeen Central the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections but stood down due to illness.
[5] In July 2012, Hamish Vernal replaced her as leader of the SNP group as they formed a shadow Aberdeenshire council administration.