Gordon Alexander Thomas Bagier (7 July 1924 – 8 April 2012) was a British Labour Party politician.
Early life edit
Bagier was educated at Pendower Secondary Technical School (merged with neighbouring St Cuthbert's Grammar School to become its lower school in 1977) on Fox and Hounds Lane (off the A186) in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne. He served in the Royal Marines from 1941 to 1945, as a gunner aboard the light cruiser HMS Belfast, and later played a part in her preservation. He was a signals inspector on British Railways. He served as a councillor on Keighley Borough Council 1956–60 and Sowerby Bridge Urban Council from 1962, and as President of the Yorkshire District Council of the National Union of Railwaymen.
Parliamentary career edit
At the 1964 general election, Bagier stood in the Sunderland South constituency, where he defeated the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament, Paul Williams. He held the seat until his retirement at the 1987 general election, when his successor was the left-wing journalist Chris Mullin.[1]
Personal life edit
He married Violet Sinclair in 1949. They had two sons and two daughters. He died on 8 April 2012.[2]
References edit
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966 & 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Notes
- ^ Andrew Roth (15 April 2012). "Gordon Bagier obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ ""Hero of Sunderland" Gordon Bagier MP dies – Local". Sunderland Echo. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Gordon Bagier