Ron Ledger

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 Wells^{[citation needed]} 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]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
^ "Obituaries | Ron Ledger | Labour MP who was a Barnardo's boy". The Independent. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Nostalgia: Barnardo's boy elected as Romford MP". Ilford Recorder. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. pp. 212–3. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
^ "No. 4049". The London Gazette. 31 May 1955. p. 3152.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ron Ledger

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Preceded by John Cutts Lockwood	Member of Parliament for Romford 1955–1970	Succeeded by Dick Leonard

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

[2] "Obituaries | Ron Ledger | Labour MP who was a Barnardo's boy". The Independent. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[3] "Nostalgia: Barnardo's boy elected as Romford MP". Ilford Recorder. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[whos-who-mps-iv-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. pp. 212–3. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.

[5] "No. 4049". The London Gazette. 31 May 1955. p. 3152.

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