Philip Dunleavy

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(5 October 1915 - 13 January 1996) was a Labour Party

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. He was

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1982-83 and leader of Cardiff City Council for five years.Tony Heat
"OBITUARY: Philip Dunleavy"
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'', 18 January 1996. Retrieved 2013-04-29. Dunleavy was born in Cardiff and began working for the

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when he was 14 years old. He continued working for them until his retirement in 1975. As a Labour Party councillor, he served on Cardiff City Council from 1962 to 1983 and was Leader of the Council from 1974 to 1976 and 1979-82. He also served on

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from 1974 to 1981. In 1982 he became Lord Mayor of Cardiff. Dunleavy was awarded an OBE in 1978 and a

in 1983 for "services to local government in South Glamorgan". In January 1993 he was bestowed the honour of the Freedom of the City of Cardiff, one of only two people to receive this honour during the 1990s."Freedom of Cardiff: List of recipients from 1886"
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'', 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-29. Dunleavy died in Cardiff on 13 January 1996. In tribute the local MP and Labour national home affairs spokesman, Alun Michael, said Dunleavy "towered over Cardiff's political landscape".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunleavy, Philip 1915 births 1996 deaths Welsh Labour councillors Councillors in Cardiff Mayors of Cardiff Politicians from Cardiff Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of South Glamorgan County Council Labour Party (UK) mayors Leaders of local authorities of Wales