Pat Lally
British politician
About Pat Lally
Lived 1926 – 2018 (aged 92). Pat Lally was a British.
Patrick James Lally (February 1926 – 8 June 2018) was a Scottish politician who was Leader of Glasgow City Council and Lord Provost of Glasgow.
Early years Pat Lally was born and brought up in the Gorbals, a poor district of Glasgow. He left school at 13, and was conscripted to the RAF after the War. He joined the Labour Party in 1950 and was elected as a Glasgow Corporation councillor in 1966.
City of Glasgow Corporation/City of Glasgow District Council/Glasgow City Council (1966–1999) Lally was involved in local government politics from 1966 to 1999. Although he was suspended from Labour's candidates list in 1977 in a housing allocation row, Pat died on 8 June 2018, aged 92.
Autobiography Pat Lally with Neil Baxter: Lazarus Only Done it Once: The Story of My Lives, London, HarperCollins, 2000
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Who was Pat Lally?
British politician
When was Pat Lally born?
Pat Lally was born on 1 February 1926 in Gorbals.
When did Pat Lally die?
Pat Lally died on 8 June 2018.
What nationality was Pat Lally?
Pat Lally was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Pat Lally. https://biography.guide/pat-lally-1926/
MLA: "Pat Lally." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/pat-lally-1926/.
Chicago: "Pat Lally." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/pat-lally-1926/.
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