Douglas French | |
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Member of Parliament for Gloucester | |
In office 18 May 1987 –1 May 1997 | |
Preceded by | Sally Oppenheim-Barnes |
Succeeded by | Tess Kingham |
Douglas Charles French (born 20 March 1944) [1] is a retired Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
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]