Myer Galpern, Baron Galpern,
DL (1 January 1903 – 23 September 1993) was a
Scottish
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Labour Party politician.
Biography
Galpern was born Meyer Galpern in the
Gorbals
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, the son of Morris Galpern, a cabinetmaker, and Anna Talisman. His parents were
Jewish
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immigrants from
Russia
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.
Galpern was educated at the
University of Glasgow
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and was a house furnisher. He was an
Independent Labour Party
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councillor for the Shettleston and Tollcross ward on the
Glasgow Corporation
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Local government
As one of ...
from 1932 to 1947. He joined the Labour Party in 1947, and was re-elected as councillor for Shettleston and Tollcross in
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
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.
Galpern served as convener of the education committee (1954-1958), before being appointed in 1958 as leader of the Labour group on Glasgow Corporation and leader of the city's administration. He served as
Lord Provost of Glasgow
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from 1958 to 1960 (the first Jewish provost in
Scotland
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). He was a member of the Court of Glasgow University, a governor of the
Royal College of Science
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and
Deputy Lieutenant of the
City of Glasgow
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from 1962.
Galpern was Labour
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Glasgow Shettleston from 1959 to 1979. He was a
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
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during his final five-year term as an MP, from 1974 to 1979. Having been knighted in 1960, he was given a
life peerage
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as Baron Galpern, of
Shettleston
Shettleston ( sco, Shuttlestoun, gd, Baile Nighean Sheadna) is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland.
Toponymy
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in the District of the City of
Glasgow
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10 July 1979.
References
External links
* ''
Times Guide to the House of Commons
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Following most general elections since 1880, the book has been published. The ...
'', October 1974
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1903 births
1993 deaths
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Scottish Labour MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
Scottish Jews
Jewish British politicians
Labour Party (UK) life peers
Councillors in Glasgow
Deputy Lieutenants of Glasgow
Lord Provosts of Glasgow
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
UK MPs 1966–1970
UK MPs 1970–1974
UK MPs 1974
UK MPs 1974–1979
Deputy Speakers of the British House of Commons
Scottish Labour councillors
Scottish people of Russian-Jewish descent
People from Gorbals
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