Sir Arthur John Page (16 September 1919 – 31 October 2008), known as Sir John Page, was a British
Conservative
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politician.
The son of
Sir Arthur Page, sometime Chief Justice of Burma, Page was educated at
Harrow and
Magdalene College, Cambridge
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. He was a sales manager and chairman of the
Bethnal Green
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and east London
Housing Association
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.
Page first stood for Parliament at the
1959 general election in
Eton and Slough
Eton and Slough was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
History
The House of Commons (Redi ...
, but without success.
He was elected as
member of parliament
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(MP) for
Harrow West
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at
a by-election in 1960, and held the seat until he retired from
Parliament
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at the
1987 general election. In the
House of Commons
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he was chairman of the Conservative Parliamentary Labour Affairs Committee from 1970 to 1974 (secretary 1960–61, vice-chairman 1964–69).
He was knighted in 1984.
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1919 births
2008 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Knights Bachelor
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
People educated at Harrow School
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
UK MPs 1966–1970
UK MPs 1970–1974
UK MPs 1974
UK MPs 1974–1979
UK MPs 1979–1983
UK MPs 1983–1987
Politicians awarded knighthoods
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