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Paul Channon

Born: 9 October 1935

Died: 27 January 2007

Lord Kelvedon - 19 April 1997

Member of Privy Council - 1980

son of Lady Honor Guinness

husband of Ingrid Channon

Lockers Park, Hemel Hempstead

Eton College

Christ Church, Oxford (- February 1959)

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government	June 1970	October 1970
Under Secretary of State for Environment	October 1970	March 1972
Minister of State for Northern Ireland	March 1972	November 1972
Minister for Housing and Construction	November 1972	February 1974
Minister of State, Civil Service Department	7 May 1979	5 January 1981
Minister for the Arts	5 January 1981	1983
Minister for Trade	1983	25 January 1986
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	25 January 1986	13 June 1987
President of the Board of Trade	25 January 1986	13 June 1987
Secretary of State for Transport	13 June 1987	July 1989

29 January 1959	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,493	55.56
8 October 1959	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,612	58.24
15 October 1964	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,555	50.58
31 March 1966	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,713	50.89
18 June 1970	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,304	60.05
28 February 1974	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,040	46.68
10 October 1974	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,480	47.59
3 May 1979	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,449	57.68
9 June 1983	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,360	54.51
11 June 1987	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,003	54.37
9 April 1992	Southend West	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,319	54.69