Protestant Action Society

Protestant Action Society
General Secretary	John Cormack
Founded	1933
Ideology	Religious conservatism Anti-Catholicism Anti-Irish immigration
Religion	Protestantism
Politics of Scotland Political parties Elections

The Protestant Action Society was a political party in Edinburgh active in the 1930s. It was founded by John Cormack in 1933 and had elected nine members to the Edinburgh Council in 1936 with 31 percent of the vote.

Although often compared to the fascist movements active at the time, the society physically attacked Blackshirt meetings in Edinburgh due to the British Union of Fascists support for a United Ireland. The party emerged at a time when other similar movements were arising in other parts of Scotland, such as the similar Glasgow based Scottish Protestant League, and the Scottish Democratic Fascist Party.

One of the councilors was the Jewish antique dealer Esta Henry who was elected to one of the Canongate wards in 1936.

Cormack tried to encourage the Orange Order in Scotland to join in his movement, but with so little success that he left the movement in 1939 and was not readmitted until the late 1950s.

At its peak the party had 8,000 members.

See also

• Ulster Protestant League
• Scottish Protestant League
• Scottish Democratic Fascist Party