Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack
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The Right Honourable The Lord Cormack DL FSA |
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Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire South West Staffordshire (1974–1983) |
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In office 1 March 1974 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Williamson |
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Member of Parliament for Cannock |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Jennie Lee |
| Succeeded by | Gwilym Roberts |
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18 May 1939 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Mary MacDonald |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
Patrick Thomas Cormack, Baron Cormack, DL, FSA (born 18 May 1939) is a British politician, historian, journalist and author. He represented the Conservative Party as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 2010.
Cormack was born in Grimsby just before the outbreak of World War II. He was educated locally at the St James's Choir School and the Havelock School, before attending the University of Hull where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961. He was a teacher at his former school, St James's Choir School, in 1961, before becoming a training and education officer with Ross Ltd in 1966. In 1967 he was appointed an assistant house master at the Wrekin College in Wellington, Shropshire for two years, after which he became the head of history at the Brewood Grammar School in 1969.
Cormack contested the safe Labour parliamentary seat of Bolsover at the 1964 general election, where he lost to the sitting MP Harold Neal, who won with a majority of 23,103 votes. At the 1966 general election, Cormack contested his hometown seat of Grimsby, but again was defeated, this time by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, Anthony Crosland, who had a majority of 8,126.
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