Preceded by Sir Ian Orr-Ewing Name John Gorst Role British Politician | Nationality British Died July 31, 2010 Political party Conservative Party Conservative Party | |
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Born 28 June 1928 ( 1928-06-28 ) Alma mater Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Books Commercial Radio, the Beast of Burden Education Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Ardingly College | ||
Succeeded by Constituency abolished | ||
Sir John Michael Gorst (28 June 1928 – 31 July 2010) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was educated at Ardingly College and read French and History at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 1953 he joined the advertising department of Pye Ltd. At the 1964 general election he fought Chester-le-Street and in 1966, he was again an unsuccessful candidate in the Bodmin constituency in Cornwall, losing to the sitting Liberal MP, Peter Bessell. At the 1970 general election, he was elected MP for Hendon North, holding the seat until it was abolished by boundary changes in 1997. In the 1997 general election, he stood in the new seat of Hendon, losing to Labour's Andrew Dismore. He was the great grandson of Sir John Eldon Gorst.
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