Maurice Orbach
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Maurice Orbach (13 July 1902 – 24 April 1979) was a British Labour Party politician.
Orbach was educated at technical college in Wales and as an extra-mural student at New York University. He was general secretary of the Trades Advisory Council from 1940 and chairman of Central Middlesex Group hospital management committee.
Orbach contested Willesden East in 1935 and in a 1938 by-election. He was elected Member of Parliament for Willesden East in 1945, serving until his defeat in 1959, and for Stockport South from 1964 until his death just before the 1979 general election. His successor was Thomas McNally.
His daughter Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist and writer, and co-founder of The Women's Therapy Centre in London.
[edit] References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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| Preceded by Samuel Schofield Hammersley |
Member of Parliament for Willesden East 1945–1959 |
Succeeded by Trevor Skeet |
| Preceded by Harold Macdonald Steward |
Member of Parliament for Stockport South 1964–1979 |
Succeeded by Tom McNally |
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