About Joseph Slater, Baron Slater
Lived 1904 – 1977 (aged 72). Joseph Slater, Baron Slater was a British politician.
Joseph Slater, Baron Slater, BEM (13 June 1904 – 21 April 1977) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Sedgefield in County Durham at the 1950 general election, following the retirement of John Leslie. Slater held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1970 general election. In Harold Wilson's Labour government, 1964–1970, he served as Assistant Postmaster-General from 1964 to 1969, serving under four Postmasters-General: Tony Benn, Edward Short, Roy Mason and John Stonehouse.
On 8 July 1970 he was created a life peer as Baron Slater, of Ferryhill in the County of Durham.
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Joseph Slater, Baron Slater was born on 13 June 1904.
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Joseph Slater, Baron Slater died on 21 April 1977.
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