Myer Galpern

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

The Right Honourable The Lord Galpern DL
Galpern in 1959
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 3 February 1976 – 10 May 1979
Speaker	George Thomas
Preceded by	Oscar Murton
Succeeded by	Godman Irvine
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 28 February 1974 – 3 February 1976
Speaker	Selwyn Lloyd
Preceded by	Oscar Murton
Succeeded by	Godman Irvine
Lord Provost of Glasgow
In office 1958–1960
Preceded by	Andrew Hood
Succeeded by	Jean Roberts
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 10 July 1979 – 23 September 1993 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston
In office 8 October 1959 – 3 May 1979
Preceded by	John McGovern
Succeeded by	David Marshall
Personal details
Born	(1903-01-01)1 January 1903
Died	23 September 1993(1993-09-23) (aged 90)
Political party	Labour

Galpern was born Meyer Galpern in the Gorbals, the son of Morris Galpern, a cabinetmaker, and Anna Talisman.[1] His parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.

Galpern was educated at Glasgow University and was a house furnisher. He was an Independent Labour Party councillor for the Shettleston and Tollcross ward on the Glasgow Corporation 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 Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1958 to 1960 (the first Jewish provost in Scotland). 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 Labour 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, from 1974 to 1979. Having been Knighted in 1960,[2] he was given a life peerage as Baron Galpern, of Shettleston in the District of the City of Glasgow 10 July 1979.[3]