Jock Bruce-Gardyne
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John (Jock) Bruce-Gardyne (12 April 1930 - 15 April 1990) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Bruce-Gardyne was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and then served for six years in Foreign Service before becoming a journalist. He was a council member of the Bow Group.
At the 1964 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Angus South. He held the seat until the October 1974 general election, when he lost to Andrew Welsh of the Scottish National Party. Bruce-Gardyne was later elected MP for Knutsford in a 1979 by-election, but was effectively forced out of the House of Commons when the seat was abolished by boundary changes for the 1983 general election. He was a monetarist but also was against the Falklands war and was an independent minded MP. He was succeeded in the new Tatton seat by Neil Hamilton.
He died of a brain tumour at the age of 60.
[edit] References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966, 1979 and 1983 editions
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
[edit] Offices held
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by James Alexander Lawson Duncan |
Member of Parliament for Angus South 1964–1974 |
Succeeded by Andrew Welsh |
| Preceded by John Davies |
Member of Parliament for Knutsford 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
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