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Raised in [[Glasgow]], Miller was educated at [[Shawlands Academy]] before going on to study at the [[University of Glasgow]]. He became a medical practitioner and a councillor on [[Glasgow Corporation]] from 1950. He was [[Bailie]] 1954 to 1957. | Raised in [[Glasgow]], Miller was educated at [[Shawlands Academy]] before going on to study at the [[University of Glasgow]]. He became a medical practitioner and a councillor on [[Glasgow Corporation]] from 1950. He was [[Bailie]] 1954 to 1957. | ||
| − | Elected at the [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964 general election]], Miller was a government [[whip (politics)|whip]] from 1968 to 1969. He stood down as MP for [[Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Kelvingrove]] at the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general election]] and instead stood successfully for [[East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency)|East Kilbride]] at the election. He was the chair of [[Poale Zion]]'s Scottish branch in the 1980s.<ref>June Edmunds ''[http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2847/1/U615796.pdf The Left’s Views on Israel: From the establishment of the Jewish state to the intifada]'', LSE doctoral thesis, p.136</ref> He retired at the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]]. | + | Elected at the [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964 general election]], Miller was a government [[whip (politics)|whip]] from 1968 to 1969. He stood down as MP for [[Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Kelvingrove]] at the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general election]] and instead stood successfully for [[East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency)|East Kilbride]] at the election. He was the chair of [[Poale Zion Scotland|Poale Zion]]'s Scottish branch in the 1980s.<ref>June Edmunds ''[http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2847/1/U615796.pdf The Left’s Views on Israel: From the establishment of the Jewish state to the intifada]'', LSE doctoral thesis, p.136</ref> He retired at the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]]. |
*MILLER, Maurice Solomon, Dr, JP, MP, form. mem.[[Glasgow City Council]]; MP for Kelvingrove (1964-), Chair [[Poale Zion]] (1970—); Sec., Parl. Br., [[Labour Friends of Israel|Lab. Friends of Isr.]]; mem. Nat. Cl., Lab. Friends of Isr.; mem. Cl. of Europe; medical adv. [[Port of Glasgow Authority]]. M.: 2S, 2D. Add.: 82, Springkell Avenue, Glasgow, S.1. Tel.: (041) 427 1413.<ref>Zionist Year Book, 1973</ref> | *MILLER, Maurice Solomon, Dr, JP, MP, form. mem.[[Glasgow City Council]]; MP for Kelvingrove (1964-), Chair [[Poale Zion]] (1970—); Sec., Parl. Br., [[Labour Friends of Israel|Lab. Friends of Isr.]]; mem. Nat. Cl., Lab. Friends of Isr.; mem. Cl. of Europe; medical adv. [[Port of Glasgow Authority]]. M.: 2S, 2D. Add.: 82, Springkell Avenue, Glasgow, S.1. Tel.: (041) 427 1413.<ref>Zionist Year Book, 1973</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 15 October 2025
Maurice Solomon Miller (16 August 1920 – 30 October 2001) was a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1964 to 1974 and for East Kilbride from 1974 to 1987.
Raised in Glasgow, Miller was educated at Shawlands Academy before going on to study at the University of Glasgow. He became a medical practitioner and a councillor on Glasgow Corporation from 1950. He was Bailie 1954 to 1957.
Elected at the 1964 general election, Miller was a government whip from 1968 to 1969. He stood down as MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove at the February 1974 general election and instead stood successfully for East Kilbride at the election. He was the chair of Poale Zion's Scottish branch in the 1980s.[1] He retired at the 1987 general election.
- MILLER, Maurice Solomon, Dr, JP, MP, form. mem.Glasgow City Council; MP for Kelvingrove (1964-), Chair Poale Zion (1970—); Sec., Parl. Br., Lab. Friends of Isr.; mem. Nat. Cl., Lab. Friends of Isr.; mem. Cl. of Europe; medical adv. Port of Glasgow Authority. M.: 2S, 2D. Add.: 82, Springkell Avenue, Glasgow, S.1. Tel.: (041) 427 1413.[2]
Notes
- ↑ June Edmunds The Left’s Views on Israel: From the establishment of the Jewish state to the intifada, LSE doctoral thesis, p.136
- ↑ Zionist Year Book, 1973