Kinning Park

Coordinates: 55°50′53″N 4°17′02″W / 55.847971°N 4.284022°W / 55.847971; -4.284022

Kinning Park is a southern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1897 it had a population of 14,326.

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 108 acres (0.44 km²). 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.Govan Burgh to the west survived even longer, from 1864-1912, before it too was annexed by the City of Glasgow.

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.