Peter Hardy, Baron Hardy of Wath
Peter Hardy, Baron Hardy of Wath , DL (* 17th July 1931 in Wath-upon-Dearne , Yorkshire ; † 16th December 2003 in Rotherham , South Yorkshire ) was a British politician of the Labor Party and Life Peer .
life and career
The son of a miner from Wath-upon-Dearne attended Wath upon Dearne Grammar School . He graduated from Westminster College and the University of Sheffield to be a teacher . He later became Head of English at the County Secondary School in Mexborough .
After some time as local councilor, during which he ran for parliament in constituencies that were generally considered safe for the Conservatives, he entered parliament for the Rother Valley constituency in 1970 . When the constituencies were restructured in 1983, he moved part of his old constituency to the newly formed constituency of Wentworth , which he represented in the House of Commons until he retired in 1997 . Never aiming for high office, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tony Crosland and David Owen . He was considered a popular and hard-working MP by his voters. This was reflected in the fact that although he had been identified as a member of the right wing, he survived a union attempt to replace him with a leftist candidate.
His main interests were the fate of school teachers and life in nature, about which he had an enormous knowledge. He has sponsored numerous natural life bills in Parliament, including the Badger Act (1973) and the Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act (1975). During a nightly reading of the Felixstowe Docks Bill , he entertained the House of Commons with impressions of the songs of birds threatened by development.
Membership in the House of Lords
On September 27, 1997, Hardy was named a life peer as Baron Hardy of Wath , of Wath-upon-Dearne in the County of South Yorkshire and was an active member of the House of Lords until shortly before his death.
Outside of Parliament, he was involved in the Council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the NSPCC .
Web links
- Peter Hardy at Hansard (English)
- Lord Hardy of Wath obituary in: The Daily Telegraph ; December 19, 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 54907, HMSO, London, 1 October 1997, p. 11063 ( PDF , English).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| David Griffiths | Member of the House of Commons for Rother Valley 1970-1983 |
Kevin Barron |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| new constituency | Member of the House of Commons for Wentworth 1983-1997 |
John Healey |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hardy, Peter, Baron Hardy of Wath |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Life Peer and Politician (Labor Party) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wath-upon-Dearne , Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 2003 |
| Place of death | Rotherham |