Myer Galpern

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.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John McGovern
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston
19591979
Succeeded by
David Marshall



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