Albert Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend

Albert James Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend (9 January 1930 – 10 February 1980) was a British Labour Party politician.

Murray represented Dulwich on London County Council from 1958 until the council's abolition, in 1965. At the 1964 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesend in Kent, a marginal seat which was normally won by the party forming the government. Indeed, Murray held the seat until it was regained by the Conservatives in 1970, the year Edward Heath became prime minister.

From 1969 to 1970, he was a junior minister in Harold Wilson's government, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, under Minister of Transport Richard Marsh.

After leaving the House of Commons, Murray was given a life peerage on 28 June 1976 as Baron Murray of Gravesend, of Gravesend in the County of Kent.^[1] From 1976 to 1979 he was a Member of the European Parliament. He died in 1980, at the age of 50 whilst watching his beloved Millwall. He was also President of Gravesend & Northfleet and the North Kent Sunday Football League.

References

^ "No. 46950". The London Gazette. 1 July 1976. p. 9072.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Albert Murray

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Peter Kirk	Member of Parliament for Gravesend 1964–1970	Succeeded by Roger White
Political offices
Preceded by Robert Brown	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport 1969–1970	Succeeded by Michael Heseltine

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[1] "No. 46950". The London Gazette. 1 July 1976. p. 9072.

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