Frank McLeavy, Baron McLeavy
Frank McLeavy, Baron McLeavy JP ( January 1, 1899 - October 1, 1976 ) was a British Labor Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons for more than twenty years , and in 1967 as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 Became a member of the House of Lords .
Life
In the general election of July 5, 1945 McLeavy was elected as a Labor Party candidate for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented in this up to the elections of March 31, 1966 for more than twenty years the constituency of Bradford East . On October 6, 1957, he tabled a Private Member's Bill amending the National Assistance Act 1948 to authorize local authorities to provide meals, homes and other facilities to the elderly. During his membership in parliament he also dealt in particular with technology and transport policy.
By a Letters Patent of 11 September 1967 McLeavy was the temporarily as justices of the peace ( justice of the peace ) acted because of the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a life peer with the title Baron McLeavy , of the City of Bradford, in the nobility raised and was thus a member of the House of Lords until his death.
Web links
- Frank McLeavy at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Frank McLeavy, Baron McLeavy on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
- Entry in They Work For You
Individual evidence
- ^ Robin Means, Randall Smith: From Poor Law to Community Care: The Development of Welfare Services for elderly people 1939-1971 , 1998, p. 259, ISBN 1-86134-0-850
- ^ Rural Bus Services: Penal Taxation (newspaper article from July 14, 1961)
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 44378, HMSO, London, August 1, 1967, p. 8533 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
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| SURNAME | McLeavy, Frank, Baron McLeavy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician (Labor), Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1899 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1976 |