Edward Short, Baron Glenamara

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Edward Short, Baron Glenamara was a British Labour politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the House of Commons in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
human
appointedToOfficeBy Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
causeOfDeath natural causes
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
surface form: Second World War
constituencyRepresented Newcastle upon Tyne Central
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdBaronBy Elizabeth II
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
dateOfBirth 1912-12-17
dateOfDeath 2012-05-04
educatedAt Durham University
King's College, Durham
familyName Short
fieldOfWork education policy
parliamentary procedure
givenName Edward
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor reforming parliamentary funding for opposition parties
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
militaryService British Army
monarchDuringService Elizabeth II
George VI
nobleTitle Baron Glenamara
notableWork Short Money (system of public funding for opposition parties in the UK Parliament)
occupation politician
schoolteacher
parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
peerageType life peer
placeOfBirth Newcastle upon Tyne
placeOfDeath Newcastle upon Tyne
positionHeld Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord President of the Council
Member of Parliament
Postmaster General of Great Britain
surface form: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for Education and Science
religion Methodism
residence Newcastle upon Tyne
sexOrGender male
spouse Jennie Sewell

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Short Money namedAfter Edward Short, Baron Glenamara
Short Money introducedBy Edward Short, Baron Glenamara