Myer Galpern, Baron Galpern, DL (1 January 1903 – 23 September 1993) was a Scottish Labour Party politician.

Biography

Galpern was born Meyer Galpern in the

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, the son of Morris Galpern, a cabinetmaker, and Anna Talisman. His parents were

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immigrants from

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. Galpern was educated at the

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and was a house furnisher. He was an

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councillor for the Shettleston and Tollcross ward on the

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from 1932 to 1947. He joined the Labour Party in 1947, and was re-elected as councillor for Shettleston and Tollcross in 1949. 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

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from 1958 to 1960 (the first Jewish provost in

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). He was a member of the Court of Glasgow University, a governor of the

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and Deputy Lieutenant of the

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from 1962. Galpern was Labour

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(MP) for Glasgow Shettleston from 1959 to 1979. He was a

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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

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as Baron Galpern, of

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in the District of the City of

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10 July 1979.

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'', October 1974 * * 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 {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub