Name John Hunt Role Politician | Education Dulwich College Party Conservative Party | |
Sir John Leonard Hunt (born 27 October 1929) is a retired UK Conservative Party politician.
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Early life
Hunt was educated at Dulwich College and became a stockbroker.
Political career
He served as a councillor on Bromley Borough Council 1953-61, then became an alderman in 1961, joining the new London Borough of Bromley in 1964. He was Mayor of Bromley 1963-65.
He first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at the 1959 General Election, contesting Lewisham South.
Hunt was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 33 years, serving in Bromley from 1964 to 1974, and in Ravensbourne from 1974 until he retired in 1997.
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