Myer Galpern

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Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Glasgow Shettleston
In office
8 October 1959 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byJohn McGovern
Succeeded byDavid Marshall
Personal details
Born(1903-01-01)1 January 1903
Died23 September 1993(1993-09-23) (aged 90)
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

Myer Galpern, Baron Galpern,

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

Biography

Born Meyer Galpern at Rutherglen Road,

Jewish immigrants from Minsk, Belarus, who were married in Glasgow on 3 January 1900.[2]

Galpern was educated at

Glasgow Corporation from 1932 to 1947.[4]

From his seat in the "concealed bed" beneath the public gallery...he has already impressed as a keen, alert, member who can put his points with both conciseness and candour. Prior to his success in Shettleston, Mr, Galpern - a dapper little chap - tried conclusions at Cathcart and Partick East. He has spoken in many corners throughout the country - his "play" being his party. In the Council he has the distinction of being on the General Finance Committee as well as the Markets and Streets.[4]

Galpern joined the General Finance and Markets and Streets Committees. In 1943 he was appointed Depute River Bailie, becoming a Bailie of the Burgh in November 1944. Shortly after the Second World War he was appointed Senior Bailie.[3] In 1947 he left the ILP and resigned his Shettleston seat but, having joined the Labour Party, he was re-elected as councillor for Shettleston and Tollcross in 1949.[5]

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.

Glasgow Corporation from 1958.[8]

During the 1950s, he helped to establish the Kosher School Meals Service, which was set up at Garnethill Synagogue. In May 1958, he was instrumental in the erection of the first Bayit (clubhouse) of the Glasgow Habonim, an organisation of Zionist youth.[9]

Galpern was Labour

life peerage as Baron Galpern of Shettleston in the District of the City of Glasgow 10 July 1979.[12][7]

References

  1. ^ Birth certificate of Meyer Galpern, 1 January 1903, Hutchesontown Registration District, Glasgow 644/11 76 – National Records of Scotland
  2. ^ Statutory Registers - Marriages 644/12 81, National Records of Scotland
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780853037101
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  4. ^ a b "'Know Your Own Councillors' series: No. LXXXIX: Myer Galpern Shettleston Ward". Glasgow Evening News. 22 July 1933.
  5. ^ "Labour's one-vote margin in Glasgow". The Herald. Glasgow. 4 May 1949.
  6. ^ "Lord Provost's Night Out with Youth". Sunday Mail (Glasgow). 7 December 1958. p. 5.
  7. ^ a b c d e Collins, Kenneth (2016). The Jewish Experience in Scotland: from Immigration to Integration. Glasgow: Scottish Jewish Archives Centre. p. 128.
  8. ^ "The Queen has approved the appointment of Mr. Myer Galpern...". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 1.
  9. ISBN 9780853037101
    .
  10. ^ a b "Mr Myer Galpern (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  11. ^ "No. 41953". The London Gazette. 12 February 1960. p. 1081.
  12. ^ "No. 47901". The London Gazette. 12 July 1979. p. 8777.

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