George Pargiter, Baron Pargiter

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George Albert Pargiter, Baron Pargiter CBE DL (March 16, 1897 - January 16, 1982 ) was a British Labor Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons for over twenty years and who was a life peer under the Life Peerages Act in 1966 1958 became a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Pargiter began his political career for the Labor Party in local politics and was a member of the Middlesex County Council between 1934 and 1965 . As a candidate for the Labor Party in the general election of July 5, 1945, he was first elected as a member of the House of Commons and initially represented the constituency of Spelthorne before he was elected after the general election of February 23, 1950 until he resigned on September 10 , 1945 . March 1966 represented the constituency of Southall . At the same time he was from 1959 to 1960 chairman of the county council of Middlesex and 1963 also chairman of the executive council of the union of the county councils ( County Councils Association ).

Less than three months after his departure, Pargiter, who was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was temporarily deputy lieutenant of a county, was named a life peer by a letters patent dated June 9, 1966 based on the House of Lords Act 1958 Baron Pargiter , of Southall in the London Borough of Ealing, was raised to the nobility . His introduction ( Introduction ) in the upper house took place at the side of George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren and Arthur Champion, Baron Champion on 22 June 1966. He was thus the House of Lords as a member until his death on.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 43981, HMSO, London, May 19, 1966, p. 5785 ( PDF , accessed October 20, 2013, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 44015, HMSO, London, June 7, 1966, p. 6669 ( PDF , accessed October 20, 2013, English).
  3. ↑ Edinburgh Gazette . No. 18464, HMSO, Edinburgh, June 10, 1966, p. 467 ( PDF , accessed October 20, 2013, English).
  4. ↑ Hansard of June 22, 1966
personal data
SURNAME Pargiter, George, Baron Pargiter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pargiter, George Albert, Baron Pargiter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Labor Party)
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1897
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1982