host to numerous large music events and was the Track and field events stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Mount Florida is also home to numerous lawn bowling clubs, including Glasgow's Indoor Centre. The local green area of Cathkin Park in the north of the neighbourhood beside Holyrood Secondary School and sports centre (officially in Crosshill) was also once a football stadium, home of the now defunct club Third Lanark and of Queen's Park prior to that. Mount Florida is in the Langside ward for Glasgow City Council and since May 2022 is represented by Councillors Susan Aitken, Holly Bruce, Stephen Docherty and Paul Leinster. The neighbourhood lies within the Glasgow Cathcart Scottish Parliamentary constituency; the sitting MSP is James Dornan. Mount Florida is in the Glasgow South UK Parliament constituency; the sitting MP is Stewart McDonald. As part of the system of local democratic representation there is an active community council. Creation Records founder Alan McGee and Primal Scream vocalist Bobby Gillespie both grew up in the area and attended Kings Park Secondary School in nearby Simshill. Mount Florida has also produced an eponymous Glasgow musical group, who were signed to Matador Records. They have to date one album by the title 'Arrived Phoenix', released 30 January 2001. The Glasgow-based novelist, J. David Simons, grew up in the nearby Kings Park district and attended Mount Florida Primary School in the late 1950s. Mount Florida Primary School is situated between Cathcart Road and Carmunnock Road. The school was designed for Cathcart School Board by H & D Barclay and erected in 1895–1897. See also Glasgow tower blocks Hampden Park References External links Mount Florida - Illustrated Guide Mount Florida Community Council The Glasgow Story Website Areas of Glasgow