Ron Ledger
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Ronald Joseph Ledger (7 November 1920 – 11 December 2004)[1][2] was a Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Ledger was born in Tunbridge WellsScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and was raised in a Barnardo's orphanage after his father abandoned the family in 1923, during which time he was separated from his brother, sister, and pregnant mother.[3] He was educated at Skinner's Grammar School and then at the University of Nottingham,[4] where he founded the university's Labour Club and was its first chairman from 1948 to 1949.[4]
He served with the Royal Air Force from 1942 to 1947.[4]
Politics
Ledger unsuccessfully contested Rushcliffe at the 1951 general election,[4] and was a member of Hertfordshire County Council from 1952 to 1954.[4]
He was elected at the 1955 general election as the Labour Co-operative member of parliament (MP) for Romford,[5] and held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1970 general election.[4]
Ledger was a director of the London Co-operative Society from 1961.[4] He was later the owner of a casino, and served as chairman of the Hairdressing Council from 1966.[4]
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- 1920 births
- 2004 deaths
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- People educated at The Skinners' School
- People from Royal Tunbridge Wells
- UK MPs 1955–1959
- UK MPs 1959–1964
- UK MPs 1964–1966
- UK MPs 1966–1970
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- Businesspeople in the casino industry
- Alumni of the University of Nottingham