William Yates (politician)
| William Yates | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Holt |
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In office 13 December 1975 – 18 October 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Max Oldmeadow |
| Succeeded by | Michael Duffy |
| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for The Wrekin |
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In office 1955–1966 |
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| Preceded by | Ivor Owen Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Fowler |
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| Born | 15 September 1921 |
| Died | 18 April 2010 (aged 88) Tallangatta, Victoria |
| Nationality | British |
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Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party of Australia |
| Occupation | Soldier |
William Yates (15 September 1921 – 18 April 2010) was a British Conservative politician and later an Australian Liberal politician. He was one of several to have served in both the UK and Australian parliaments.
William Yates was born in 1921, son of William Yates and Mrs John T. Renshaw of Appleby, Westmorland and educated at Uppingham School and Hertford College, Oxford.
He entered the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) early in 1942 during the Second World War, and served through the war in North Africa and Italy, gaining rank of Captain in 1946. He lost a leg at the knee at the First Battle of El Alamein and became one of the first soldiers given penicillin. He postwar served with the Territorial Army attached to the Warwickshire Yeomanry in 1950, and in the Shropshire Yeomanry from 1956 to 1967.
Yates served in the Foreign Office in the Middle East, working in military intelligence in the Suez Canal Zone. He lived briefly in Lebanon.
In 1955 he was elected to the House of Commons for the Conservative Party in the marginal seat of The Wrekin, being re-elected in the subsequent 1959 and 1964 general elections.
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