Prof. Michael Patrick Fogarty (3 October 1916 – 20 January 2001), was a British

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politician and academic.

Background

He was the son of Philip Christopher Fogarty, ICS, and Mary Belle Pye of Galway. He was educated at

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and

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. In 1939 he married Phyllis Clark. They had two sons and two daughters.

Professional career

He was Professor of Industrial Relations,

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, Cardiff.The Times House of Commons, 1966. He was Director, Institute for Family and Environmental Research, 1981–84."FOGARTY, Michael Patrick", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
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Oxford University Press, April 2014, accessed 29 September 2014.

Political career

His first venture into political activity was with the Labour Party. In 1938 he was adopted as Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tamworth. However, the expected 1939/40 General Election did not take place and come 1944 the constituency was abolished. He did not contest the 1945 General Election. He left the Labour Party and joined the Liberal Party. From 1964 to 1966 he was Vice-President of the Liberal Party. He was also Vice-President of the

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from 1964 to 1966. He was Liberal candidate for the

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division of Wiltshire at the

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and again at the 1964 and 1966 General Elections. On each occasion he finished third. He was Liberal candidate for the Abingdon division at both the 1974 General Elections, both times finishing third. He did not stand for parliament again.British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S. In 1979 he stood as Liberal candidate for

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in the first European Parliament elections. He was elected a District Councillor in the

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, serving from 1973 to 1987. He was elected a County Councillor in

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, serving from 1981 to 1989; he was Vice-Chairman 1985–86 and Chairman 1986–87.

Electoral contests

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fogarty, Michael Patrick 1916 births 2001 deaths Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates People educated at Ampleforth College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British people of Irish descent