Tom Middlehurst
Tom Middlehurst | |
|---|---|
 Middlehurst in 1999 | |
| Minister for Post-16 Education and Training | |
| In office 12 May 1999 – 9 October 2000 | |
| First Minister | Alun Michael Rhodri Morgan |
| Preceded by | New post |
| Succeeded by | Jane Davidson |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Alyn and Deeside | |
| In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 | |
| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Carl Sargeant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1936 Ormskirk, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University |
Tom Middlehurst (born 25 June 1936, Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a Welsh Labour Party politician and former member of the National Assembly of Wales for the Alyn and Deeside and a former Minister for Post-16 Education and Training.
Middlehust is also a former councillor having served on Alyn and Deeside District Council between 1986–95 and then on Flintshire County Council where he served as leader between 1995 and 1999.
Elected in the inaugural Assembly Elections on 1999, Middlehurst a well respected Council Leader was appointed by Alun Michael to his first government. The government he was part of was operating as a minority government and plans were being drawn up to form a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Middlehurst resigned from the government on 9 October claiming he could not “contemplate sitting down at the Cabinet table with the Liberal Democrats”.[1]
He retired from the Assembly in 2003.
References[]
- ^ "Welsh cabinet member resigns". The Times. 10 October 2000. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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