Hugh Brown (politician)
Hugh Dunbar Brown (18 May 1919 – 10 March 2008) was a British
Glasgow Corporation, he was Member of Parliament for Glasgow Provan for 23 years. He has been described as the last "Red Clydesider
".
Early life
Brown was born in
Clydeside engineer. He was educated at Allan Glen's School and Whitehill Secondary School, Glasgow. He left school aged 14 to work at the Post Office, and played semi-professional football at Shettleston Juniors. By 1935 he was a temporary postman-messenger and by 1937 a sorting clerk and telegraphist.[1][2] Both of his parents were members of the Independent Labour Party, which he also joined in 1935. He moved over to the Labour Party in 1946. He became a civil servant in 1947 at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance
.
In 1947 he married Mary Carmichael, daughter of ILP and then Labour MP
Glasgow Corporation from 1954. He became a magistrate
in 1961.
Political career
Brown left the civil service in 1962, when he was selected as a
Private Members Bills one year, he successfully pushed through his bill to become the Employer's Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969
.
He was
Cod War, in 1976–77. Brown was praised for the role he played in resolving the dispute both by the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson
, and by the Icelandic Government.
He survived a reselection challenge by a Militant candidate before the 1983 general election, and retired before the 1987 general election. His successor, Jimmy Wray, was also closely challenged by Militant. In later life, he was a director of Margaret McIver Limited, which owned a ballroom and market in Glasgow. In retirement, he enjoyed playing golf and listening to jazz, particularly Django Reinhardt.
His wife died in 2000. He died in Glasgow in 2008, and was survived by his daughter.
References
- ^ "No. 34207". The London Gazette. 11 October 1935. p. 6383.
- ^ "No. 34426". The London Gazette. 13 August 1937. p. 5198.
- ^ "No. 43468". The London Gazette. 20 October 1964. p. 8938.
- ^ "No. 43944". The London Gazette. 5 April 1966. p. 3948.
"No. 45134". The London Gazette. 23 June 1970. p. 6952.
"No. 46229". The London Gazette. 7 March 1974. p. 2993.
"No. 46374". The London Gazette. 15 October 1974. p. 8992.
"No. 47838". The London Gazette. 10 May 1979. p. 6060.
"No. 49394". The London Gazette. 21 June 1983. p. 8208.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Obituary, The Independent, 12 March 2008
- Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 16 March 2008[dead link]
- Obituary, The Guardian, 18 March 2008
- Obituary, The Times, 19 March 2008
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hugh Brown