Albert Oram, Baron Oram
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Albert Edward Oram, Baron Oram, (13 August 1913 – 5 September 1999), was a Co-operative and Labour politician in the United Kingdom.
Oram was educated at Brighton Grammar School and the University of London. He became a teacher, but left to work for the Co-operative Party in 1946. Oran was a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for East Ham South from 1955 to February 1974. He was Parliamentary Secretary for Development 1964 to 1969, and a Government Whip 1976 to 1978.
Oram was greatly interested in aiding development throughout the world, he was an European enthusiast and opponent to nuclear weapons. He became co-ordinator of the development programmes of the Co-operative Alliance in 1971 and held this office until 1973. He was a member of the Commonwealth Development Corporation in the years 1975 and 1976, and was made Chairman of the Co-operative Development Agency from 1978 to 1981.
On 22 January 1976, he was created Baron Oram, of Brighton in the County of East Sussex.
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- British Library of Political and Economic Science. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
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Member of Parliament for East Ham South 1955–February 1974 |
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