Leaders and Notable Members
The leader of the community is elected by the members. The leaders to date are:
- George MacLeod 1938-1967
- Ian Reid 1967-1974
- Graeme Brown 1974-1981
- Ron Ferguson 1982-1989
- John Harvey 1989-1996
- Norman Shanks 1996-2003
- Kathy Galloway 2003 - 2009
- Peter MacDonald 2009–present (Term extends to 2016)
Bruce Kenrick, the founder of housing organisation Shelter, was a member.
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Famous quotes containing the words leaders, notable and/or members:
“For aesthetics is the mother of ethics.... Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe—not empirically, alas, but only theoretically—that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.”
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