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Douglas Charles French (born 20 March 1944) [1] is a retired Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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Political career

French was educated at Glyn Grammar School, Epsom and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. [2] Having stood unsuccessfully for Sheffield Attercliffe in 1979, he was elected to the House of Commons at the 1987 general election as Member of Parliament for Gloucester, [3] succeeding former minister Sally Oppenheim. He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, but was defeated at the 1997 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Tess Kingham. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "G", part 1". Leigh Raymemt's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "FRENCH, Douglas Charles" . Who's Who . Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "UK General Election results 1997 & 2001: Gloucester". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
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