Albert Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend

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Albert James Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend (born January 9, 1930 , † February 10, 1980 ) was a British Labor Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons and Member of the European Parliament for several years and who was a Life Peer due in 1976 of the Life Peerages Act 1958 became a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Member of the House of Commons and Junior Minister

In the general election of October 15, 1964 , Murray was elected as a candidate for the Labor Party in the constituency of Gravesend as a member of the House of Commons. In this election he was able to prevail with 26,074 votes (45.41 percent) against the previous constituency holder of the Conservative Party , Peter Michael Kirk , who received 25,326 (44.11 percent). He remained a member of the House of Commons until the June 18, 1970 general election when he lost 28,711 votes (44.95 percent) to his challenger of the Conservative Tories , Roger White , who got 29,924 votes (46.85 percent) , and which he had clearly beaten in the general election of March 31, 1966 with 30,276 votes (49.75 percent) to 25,484 votes (41.88 percent).

During the tenure of Prime Minister Harold Wilson , he was Parliamentary Private Secretary from 1965 to 1969 , initially to a Minister of State in the Board of Trade and then to a Minister of State in the Department of Technology from 1968 to 1969. Most recently he served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Transportation from October 13, 1969 until the end of Wilson's tenure on June 18, 1970, and as such was one of the closest associates of Frederick Mulley, Minister of Transportation .

Member of the House of Lords and Member of the European Parliament

A letters patent dated June 28, 1976, was raised to the nobility as a Life Peer with the title Baron Murray of Gravesend , of Gravesend in the County of Kent, under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and belonged to the House of Lords until his death Member at. Its official launch ( House of Lords ) took place on 29 June 1976 with the support of Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota and Tony Greenwood .

On October 20, 1976, Murray was appointed a Member of the European Parliament by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and was a member of this first until February 28, 1978 and again from June 30, 1978 until the first European elections in 1979 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 46916, HMSO, London, June 1, 1976, p. 7823 ( PDF , accessed December 31, 2013, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46950, HMSO, London, June 1, 1976, p. 9072 ( PDF , accessed December 31, 2013, English).
  3. ^ Albert Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend in the Hansard (English)
  4. ↑ MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN: PARLIAMENT FOR THE UK (PART 1: 1973-1979) ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Leigh Rayment Peerage @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leighrayment.com
personal data
SURNAME Murray, Albert, Baron Murray of Gravesend
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murray, Albert James, Baron Murray of Gravesend (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager and politician (Labor), Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1930
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1980