Jimmy Wray
Jimmy Wray | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Constituency Abolished | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel Wray 28 April 1935 Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 25 May 2013 (aged 78) Mearnskirk Home Hospital, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel Wray[1] (28 April 1935 – 25 May 2013)[2] was a Scottish politician and Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Provan.[3]
Born and raised in the
By the time he became an MP, Wray was a wealthy man.
Wray stood down as an MP, aged 70, at the 2005 general election following a stroke in December 2003.[5]
Death
Wray died on 25 May 2013 in Mearnskirk Home Hospital in Renfrewshire[9] after suffering from bowel cancer, aged 78.[4] He had two daughters and two sons.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Aaron Goldstein "Jimmy Wray, R.I.P." Archived 12 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, The American Spectator, 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP, dies at 78", telegraph.co.uk, 25 May 2013
- ^ "'Jack-the-lad' MP", BBC News, 3 March 2000.
- ^ a b Fiona McKay "Estranged wife pays tribute to 'lion of a man' Jimmy Wray", The Herald, 27 May 2013
- ^ a b c Brian Beacom "Jimmy Wray", The Herald, 27 May 2013.
- ^ a b Robert Waller and Byron Criddle The Almanac of British Politics, London and New York: Routledge, 1999 (6th ed.), p. 312.
- ^ Rory Reynolds, "Former Glasgow MP Jimmy Wray dies at 78", Scotland on Sunday, 26 May 2013
- ^ "MP lays into Scots Labour colleagues", BBC News, 22 March 2002
- ^ Steven, Alasdair (27 May 2013). "Obituary: Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Jimmy Wray
