Bernard Braine

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Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine, PC (21 June 1914 – 5 January 2000) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for over forty years, repesenting constituencies in Essex.

At the 1950 general election, Braine was elected as MP for Billericay. When constituencies boundaries were revised for the 1955 election he was returned for the new South East Essex, and when that constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, he was elected for the new Castle Point constituency, becoming Father of the House of Commons in 1987.

He was chairman of the National Council on Alcoholism, and was a member of the Parliamentary Groups on Human Rights and against abortion. He was knighted in 1972, and appointed as a Privy Counsellor in 1985.

Braine stepped down from Parliament at the 1992 general election, and in August that year he was made a life peer Baron Braine of Wheatley, of Rayleigh in the County of Essex.

[edit] References

• Tory Stalwart dies. BBC News (2000-01-05). Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
• In Memoriam Bernard Braine. Institute of Alcohol Studies (January 2000). Retrieved on 2007-01-18.

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Billericay 1950–1955	Succeeded by Richard Body
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for South East Essex 1955–1983	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Castle Point 1983–1992	Succeeded by Bob Spink
Preceded by James Callaghan	Father of the House 1987–1992	Succeeded by Edward Heath

Persondata
NAME	Braine, Bernard Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sir Bernard Braine; Lord Braine of Wheatley
SHORT DESCRIPTION	British Conservative Party politician, MP 1950–1992
DATE OF BIRTH	21 June 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	5 January 2000
PLACE OF DEATH	Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England