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Kinning Park is a southern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1897 it had a population of 14,326.〔Govan Parish School Board, ''The Members' Year Book 1897'', William Hodge & Co, Glasgow, p 121〕 ==Political history== Originally a separate police burgh founded in 1871, it became part of Glasgow in 1905. It was the smallest such burgh in Scotland at just . During its 34-year existence, the burgh had its own council, elections, coat of arms, provosts, town hall, council chambers, fire brigade, police force, and police court.〔Andrew J McMahon et al. (2003), ''A History of Kinning Park and District, Glasgow'', Glasgow Lending Libraries shelfmark 941.443〕 Govan Burgh to the west survived even longer, from 1864-1912, before it too was annexed by the City of Glasgow.〔T C F Brotchie (1905 & 1938), ''History of Govan'', Cossar Ltd〕 The inaugural council in 1871 was one of the first examples of working class representation in Scotland with 5 "working men" candidates being elected to the 12 member council under the guidance of Andrew Boa, an activist who also served on the Glasgow Trades Council. This was well before the formation of the Scottish Labour Party in 1888 by Keir Hardie and Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham. During the area's time as an independent burgh, there were nine Provosts of Kinning Park: * Alexander Abercrombie (1871–1874) * Thomas Dick (1874–1877) * William Muir (1877–1883) * George Lindsay (1883–1890) * James Whyte (1890–1893) * John Campbell (1893–1896) * Alexander Mitchell (1896–1899) * William Gray (1899–1902) * Thomas McMillan (1902–1905) More recently, political activity in the district has received national publicity in relation to the Glasgow headquarters of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in Stanley Street which occupies a site adjacent to the former Kinning Park Burgh Chambers. This SSP building was the scene of the Executive Committee Emergency Meeting on 9 November 2004, which led to later disagreement between prominent Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan and many of his committee colleagues. The minutes of the meeting were disputed and they became a key point of discussion in the defamation case which Sheridan brought against the News of the World newspaper in 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kinning Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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