Political Career
During the 1920s, Gibb was an active Unionist Party politician and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament. However, in the 1930s he became a Scottish nationalist, initially as a member of the Scottish Party. In 1934, he became a founder member of the Scottish National Party (SNP). He was the second leader of the SNP, serving from 1936 until 1940. He stood for the party in the Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 1936, taking 31.1% of the vote and second place in the poll, but was less successful at the 1938 by-election, his share falling to 18.2%.
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