Ian Grist
| Ian Grist | |
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Cardiff Central |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | Jon Owen Jones |
| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Cardiff North |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Gwilym Jones |
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| Born | 5 December 1938 Southampton, England |
| Died | 2 January 2002 (aged 63) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Wendy White |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
Ian Grist (5 December 1938 – 2 January 2002) was a British Conservative politician.
Grist was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from February 1974 to 1983, and for Cardiff Central from 1983 until 1992.
Grist was born in Southampton. First he went to prep school in Broadstairs, Kent, after which he was sent to Repton School. Having won a scholarship he studied History at Jesus College, Oxford from 1957 to 1960. He had joined the Young Conservatives in 1956 and in Oxford became Jesus College Conservative Association's secretary.
At first Grist wanted a career as a colonial administrator. In 1960 he went to the Southern Cameroons as a plebiscite officer, and in 1961 he moved to Nigeria, working as a manager for the United Africa Company. In 1963 he returned to Britain.
On his return he became the Tories' Welsh political education officer, and worked for the party as a researcher from 1970 to 1974. In the 1970 general election he stood for election in Aberavon, a Labour stronghold, and lost. However, he won the marginal Cardiff North constituency in the February 1974 election.
Grist worked hard for his constituents and preferred to handle their complaints, rather than focus on his career. When the Tories returned to power in 1979 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nicholas Edwards, the new Welsh Secretary, but he resigned in 1981. He returned to focusing on local issues.
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