William Blease

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William John Blease, Baron Blease JP ( May 28, 1914 - May 16, 2008 ) was a British Labor Party politician .

Life

The son of William John Blease and Sarah Watts attended the "McClure Public Elementary School", the "Technical College" in Belfast and was trained at the "National Council Labor Colleges" and the "Workers' Educational Association". Blease worked from 1929 as a commercial clerk and rose within the company to branch manager (1938-1940). In 1940 he moved to Belfast Shipyard , where he worked as an employee until 1945. He then worked as a branch manager for a co-op cooperative in Belfast until 1959. In 1976 he was appointed Justice of Peace for Belfast. On June 21, 1978, he was promoted to life peer with the title Baron Blease , of Cromac in the City of Belfast. The Queen's University of Belfast awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Law and the New University of Ulster an Honorary Doctor of Literature . Blease was a member of the British Institute of Management .

politics

Active trade unionist Blease was elected to the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 1959 and remained a delegate until 1975. Since the same year he also worked for the "Independent Broadcasting Authority" and held this office for four years. Blease joined the Northern Ireland Labor Party . In 1953 he ran unsuccessfully in the constituency of Belfast Oldpark for the Northern Irish Parliament and again in 1965 for the constituency of Belfast St. Anne's , also without success. From 1979 to 1983 he was opposition spokesman for Northern Ireland and Whip of the Labor Party . In 1985, Blease worked with Paddy Devlin to found the Labor Party of Northern Ireland and remained its agent until the group was dissolved in 1990. He was last on leave of absence . He died shortly before his 94th birthday.

family

Lord Blease had been married to Sarah Evelyn Caldwell since 1939. They had four children, three sons and a daughter together.

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personal data
SURNAME Blease, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blease, William John, Baron Blease
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Labor)
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1914
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2008