Alice Cullen (18 March 1891 – 31 May 1969), born Alice McLaughlin, was a Scottish Labour Party politician. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the She was the UK's first Roman Catholic woman MP. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.

Educated at Lochwinnoch Elementary School, Cullen was a housewife, twice widowed, and married three times. She was a member of Glasgow Corporation from 1935 to 1945, and became a Justice of the Peace in 1941. Politics in Glasgow, Scotland, are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the city council of Glasgow ( Glaschu in Gaelic) A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

She was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for the ultra-safe Labour seat of Glasgow Gorbals in a by-election in 1948, caused by the resignation of the sitting MP George Buchanan to take up the position of Chairman of the National Assistance Board. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Glasgow Gorbals was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Buchanan PC ( November 30 1890 &ndash June 28 1955) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She held the seat at subsequent general elections, until her death in 1969 at the age of 78. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

External links

• Centre for Advancement of Women in politics: Alice Cullen
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page