3 November 1967: Winfred Ewing’s victory over Labour serves the London-based parties with a clear warning that Scotland is increasingly impatient approximately Westminster’s failure to solve its special problems The Scottish Nationalist Mrs Winifred Ewing,aged 38, the vivacious mother of three young children, or beat Labour against all the odds in Hamilton rock solid for socialism for 50 years.
“Hamilton has made history for Scotland tonight,” said an elated (full of high-spirited delight) Mrs Ewing, a Glasgow solicitor fighting her first campaign, and while external in the pitiless rain the vast Nationalist camp went crazy with delight at the breakthrough victory the movement has been seeking for years.
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Source: theguardian.com