Michael Fidler
Michael M. Fidler (10 February 1916 – 5 September 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Fidler was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury and Radcliffe from 1970 until the October 1974 general election, when he lost his seat to Labour's Frank White.
Fidler was also the first Jewish mayor in Prestwich. Active in the Jewish community for many years, he was president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1967 until 1973. He founded the lobby group Conservative Friends of Israel.
References[]
- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
- Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, 8 September 1989 p. 18
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Michael Fidler
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1989 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1970–1974
- UK MPs 1974
- British Jews
- People educated at Salford Grammar School
- Presidents of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
- Jewish British politicians
- Conservative MP for England, 1910s birth stubs