Election speeches of David Wylie Gibson, 1904-1964, Bailie of Glasgow, Scotland

Notes for election speeches by David Gibson [1951?], headed 'Europe asks why?' made on the reverse of five of Gibson's printed election publicity cards: 

• four for municipal election, Renfrew, Scotland, 1931;
• one for municipal election, Shettleston & Tollcross Ward, Glasgow, Scotland, undated'.

David Wylie Gibson was born in Springside, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1904. Having been educated in Springside, he became a councillor of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1934 as a member of the Independent Labour Party. In 1938 he was chairman of the Shettleston branch of the Independent Labour party and later became a Bailie of Glasgow.

Source: Scottish Biographies (Glasgow, 1938)

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

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Gift: David Gibson: 1959: ACCN 4015

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The papers of David Wylie Gibson form part of the Broady collection of over 400 Socialist pamphlets, broadsheets, election manifestoes and posters from the 1930s to the 1950s. The emphasis is on publications of the Independent Labour Party, on the writings of the anarchist Guy Aldred, and on publications dealing with post-War recovery plans for Glasgow. Published material has been added to the Glasgow University Library Catalogue at http://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/search and can be found by searching for the call number Sp Coll Broady