Myer Galpern

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

Galpern was educated at Glasgow University and was a house furnisher. He was a councillor on the Glasgow Corporation and Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1958 to 1959. He was a member of the Court of Glasgow University, a governor of the Royal College of Science and Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Glasgow from 1962.

Galpern was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Shettleston from 1959 to 1979. He was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons during his final five-year term as an MP. After he retired, he was given a life peerage as Baron Galpern, of Shettleston in the District of the City of Glasgow.

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, October 1974
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Myer Galpern

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John McGovern	Member of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston 1959–1979	Succeeded by David Marshall

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Name	Galpern, Myer
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Date of birth	1 January 1903
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Date of death	23 September 1993
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