Allan Macartney

Allan Macartney
Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party
In office
25 September 1992 – 25 August 1998
LeaderAlex Salmond
Preceded byJim Sillars
Succeeded byJohn Swinney
Member of the European Parliament
for North East Scotland
In office
9 June 1994 – 25 August 1998
Preceded byHenry McCubbin
Succeeded byIan Hudghton
Personal details
Born17 February 1941
Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Died25 August 1998(1998-08-25) (aged 57)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
Spouse
Anne Forsyth
(m. 1963)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
University of Marburg
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow

William John Allan Macartney (17 February 1941 – 25 August 1998) was a Scottish politician who served as a Scottish National Party MEP for the North East Scotland constituency between the 1994 European Parliament election and his sudden death from a heart attack in 1998.