Peter Fry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Fry

British politician

Date of Birth: 26-May-1931

Place of Birth: High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-May-2015

Profession: politician

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sir Peter Derek Fry (26 May 1931 – 12 May 2015) was a British Conservative politician. Born in High Wycombe, Fry was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, and Worcester College, Oxford.
He became an insurance broker and a director of the family retail clothing business.
He served as a councillor on Buckinghamshire County Council from 1961. Fry contested Nottingham North in 1964 and Willesden East in 1966.
He was elected a Member of Parliament at the 1969 Wellingborough by-election.
He represented the seat until 1997, when he lost to Labour's Paul Stinchcombe by a margin of 187 votes.
He subsequently became the Chairman of the Bingo Association, Chairman of the Federation of European Bingo Associations, and a trustee of the Responsibility in Gambling Trust. Fry was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.Fry died on 12 May 2015, aged 83.