John Cordle
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John Howard Cordle (11 October 1912 - 23 November 2004) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Cordle was educated at the City of London School and became managing director of E. W. Cordle and Son Ltd. in 1946. He was also a member of Lloyd's of London. He served as a member of the Church Assembly 1946-53, as a director of the Church Society from 1951 and of the Church of England newspaper from 1959.
Cordle contested The Wrekin in 1951. He was Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East and Christchurch from 1959 to 1974, and after boundary changes, for Bournemouth East from 1974 to 1977, when he resigned as a result of the John Poulson scandal. David Atkinson was elected as his successor in the subsequent by-election.
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- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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