Bruce Douglas-Mann
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Bruce Leslie Home Douglas-Mann (23 June 1927 – 27 July 2000) was a British politician.
Douglas-Mann was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, Canada before going to Jesus College, Oxford in 1948 where he read PPE.[1] He qualified as a solicitor in 1954 and served as a councillor on Kensington Borough Council 1962-65 and on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from 1964.
Douglas-Mann contested St. Albans in 1964 and Maldon in 1966 as a Labour candidate. He was elected Member of Parliament for Kensington North in 1970, then for Mitcham and Morden in 1974.
In 1982, Douglas-Mann was one of the later defectors among Labour MPs to the new Social Democratic Party. However, he made the unique decision to resign and seek re-election at a by-election upon his change of allegiance. He lost to the Conservative candidate Angela Rumbold and was pushed into third place when he stood again at the 1983 general election.
[edit] References
- ^ "Old Members' Obituaries" (2000). Jesus College Record: 78.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 and 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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| Preceded by George Rogers |
Member of Parliament for Kensington North 1970 - February 1974 |
Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by New constituency |
Member of Parliament for Mitcham and Morden February 1974 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Angela Rumbold |
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