Susan Baird (26 May 1940 – 24 January 2009) was the
Labour Party Councillor for the
Braidfauld ward of the City of
Glasgow,
Scotland. She served as the second female
Lord Provost of the city from 1988 to 1992.
She was appointed CBE in the
1991 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1991 were appointments by Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by people of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. They were published on 28 December 1990 for the United Kingdom, N ...
.
Baird was the recipient of the 1991
St Mungo Prize
The St Mungo Prize is a prize awarded triennially to the person who has done most to improve and promote the city of Glasgow.
The full text of the conditions for the prize states that it is to be awarded to the person "deemed to have done most in ...
, awarded to the individual who has done most in the previous three years to improve and promote the city of Glasgow.
External links
Councillor Baird's Glasgow City Council page
References
1940 births
2009 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Lord Provosts of Glasgow
Scottish Labour councillors
Women provosts in Scotland
20th-century British politicians
20th-century British women politicians
Women councillors in Glasgow
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