- Bernard Braine
Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine, PC (
21 June 1914 –5 January 2000 ) was a Conservative Party politician in theUnited Kingdom . He was aMember of Parliament (MP) for over forty years, repesenting constituencies inEssex .At the 1950 general election, Braine was elected as MP for Billericay. When constituencies boundaries were revised for the 1955 election he was returned for the new South East Essex, and when that constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, he was elected for the new Castle Point constituency, becoming Father of the House of Commons in 1987.
He was chairman of the
National Council on Alcoholism , and was a member of the Parliamentary Groups on Human Rights and against abortion. He was knighted in 1972, and appointed as a Privy Counsellor in 1985.Braine stepped down from Parliament at the 1992 general election, and in August that year he was made a life peer Baron Braine of Wheatley, of Rayleigh in the County of
Essex .References
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NAME=Braine, Bernard Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Sir Bernard Braine; Lord Braine of Wheatley
SHORT DESCRIPTION=British Conservative Party politician, MP 1950–1992
DATE OF BIRTH=21 June 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=5 January 2000
PLACE OF DEATH=Southend-on-Sea ,Essex ,England
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