Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree
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The Right Honourable The Lord Dean of Harptree PC |
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| First Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means | |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 6 May 1992 |
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| Speaker |
Bernard Weatherill Betty Boothroyd |
| Preceded by | Ernest Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Lofthouse |
| Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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In office 28 May 1982 – 11 June 1987 |
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| Speaker |
George Thomas Bernard Weatherill |
| Preceded by | Ernest Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Betty Boothroyd |
| Member of Parliament for Woodspring North Somerset (1964 - 1983) |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin Leather |
| Succeeded by | Liam Fox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1924 |
| Died | 1 April 2009 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Arthur Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree, PC (14 September 1924 – 1 April 2009) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was educated at Ellesmere College and Exeter College, Oxford.
In 1962 Dean was the Conservative candidate in a by-election for the very safe Labour seat of Pontefract; he was defeated by Joseph Harper.
He was Member of Parliament for North Somerset from 1964 to 1983, and after boundary changes, for Woodspring from 1983 until his retirement in 1992, preceding Liam Fox. Dean was a junior minister for Health and Social Security during the 1970-1974 Conservative government. From 1982 until his retirement, he was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons firstly under George Thomas and then Bernard Weatherill. He was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours. When in the chair of the Commons on 21 June 1990, Dean was required to use his casting vote.
In 1993 he was made a life peer as Baron Dean of Harptree, of Wedmore in the County of Somerset.
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