Bernard Braine
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Sir Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine, PC (June 21, 1914 – January 5, 2000) was a politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament (initially for Billericay) for the Conservatives from 1950 to 1992, becoming Father of the House 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 1982, stepped down from Parliament in 1992, and was made a life peer Baron Braine, of Rayleigh in the County of Essex.
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Member of Parliament for Billericay 1950–1955 |
Succeeded by: Richard Body |
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Member of Parliament for Essex South-East 1955–1983 |
Succeeded by: constituency abolished |
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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 |
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