Alex Garrow
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Alexander Garrow (12 March 1923 – 16 December 1966) was a Labour
politician in the United Kingdom
. He was elected Member of Parliament
for Glasgow Pollok
at the 1964 general election
, was re-elected in 1966
but died later the same year, at the age of 43.
Known in The House for being a MP who was not committed to personal advancement, he gave up his pay rise to the pensioners in 1964 along with another Glasgow Labour MP. He also was a key member of Glasgow City Council Transport sub-committee who helped introduce Atlantean One Man Operated buses into the City.
His swansong was, unfortunately, attempting to find a new permanent home for The Burrell Collection
which, until the opening of a dedicated museum In Pollok Estate, was housed in Pollok House, Kelvin Grove Art Gallery and Museum and some dusty store rooms in the latter.
He paired with Teddy, later Sir Edward
, Taylor.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. He was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Glasgow Pollok
Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Pollok was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005, when it was replaced by Glasgow South West...
at the 1964 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1964
The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power...
, was re-elected in 1966
United Kingdom general election, 1966
The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs...
but died later the same year, at the age of 43.
Known in The House for being a MP who was not committed to personal advancement, he gave up his pay rise to the pensioners in 1964 along with another Glasgow Labour MP. He also was a key member of Glasgow City Council Transport sub-committee who helped introduce Atlantean One Man Operated buses into the City.
His swansong was, unfortunately, attempting to find a new permanent home for The Burrell Collection
Burrell Collection
The Burrell Collection is an art collection in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated in Pollok Country Park on the south side of the city.-History:...
which, until the opening of a dedicated museum In Pollok Estate, was housed in Pollok House, Kelvin Grove Art Gallery and Museum and some dusty store rooms in the latter.
He paired with Teddy, later Sir Edward
Teddy Taylor
Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor, usually known as Teddy Taylor , is a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 to 2005 for Rochford and Southend East.He was a leading member and sometime Vice-President of the Conservative...
, Taylor.