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James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel Wray〔Aaron Goldstein ("Jimmy Wray, R.I.P." ), ''The American Spectator'', 25 May 2013.〕 (28 April 1935 – 25 May 2013)〔("Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP, dies at 78" ), telegraph.co.uk, 25 May 2013〕 was a Scottish politician and Labour member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Provan.〔("'Jack-the-lad' MP" ), BBC News, 3 March 2000.〕 Born and raised in the Gorbals,〔Fiona McKay ("Estranged wife pays tribute to 'lion of a man' Jimmy Wray" ), ''The Herald'', 27 May 2013〕 he was one of eight children born in an economically disadvantaged Roman Catholic family.〔Brian Beacom ("Jimmy Wray'' ), ''The Herald'', 27 May 2013.〕 A boxer in his younger days, he was elected as a councillor to the then Glasgow Town Council in 1964 for Kelvinside, and moved over to the larger Strathclyde Regional Council in 1975 for Gorbals. He successfully blocked implementation of fluoridation in court by arguing it violated the 1946 Water Act and the 1968 Medicine Act.〔 By the time he became an MP, Wray was a wealthy man.〔 He was on the left-wing of the Labour Party, and joined the Campaign Group. His political stances were Eurosceptic, an advocate of Irish republicanism regarding Northern Ireland,〔Robert Waller and Byron Criddle (''The Almanac of British Politics'' ), London and New York: Routledge, 1999 (6th ed.), p. 312.〕 and opposed to abortion and the abolition of Section 28.〔Rory Reynolds, ("Former Glasgow MP Jimmy Wray dies at 78" ), ''Scotland on Sunday'', 26 May 2013〕 His views on Northern Ireland led him to be tagged "I.R. Wray" by ''Private Eye''.〔 In 2002, he attacked the Scottish Parliament, labeling its members "odds and sods".〔("MP lays into Scots Labour colleagues" ), BBC News, 22 March 2002〕 Wray stood down as an MP, aged 65, at the 2005 general election following a stroke in December 2003.〔 ==Death== Wray died on 25 May 2013 in Mearnskirk Home Hospital in Renfrewshire〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former Labour MP and socialist campaigner Jimmy Wray dies, aged 78 )〕 after suffering from bowel cancer, aged 78.〔 He had four children, two girls and two boys. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Aloysius Joseph Patrick Gabriel WrayAaron Goldstein ("Jimmy Wray, R.I.P." ), ''The American Spectator'', 25 May 2013. (28 April 1935 – 25 May 2013)("Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP, dies at 78" ), telegraph.co.uk, 25 May 2013 was a Scottish politician and Labour member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston and Glasgow Provan.("'Jack-the-lad' MP" ), BBC News, 3 March 2000.Born and raised in the Gorbals,Fiona McKay ("Estranged wife pays tribute to 'lion of a man' Jimmy Wray" ), ''The Herald'', 27 May 2013 he was one of eight children born in an economically disadvantaged Roman Catholic family.Brian Beacom ("Jimmy Wray'' ), ''The Herald'', 27 May 2013. A boxer in his younger days, he was elected as a councillor to the then Glasgow Town Council in 1964 for Kelvinside, and moved over to the larger Strathclyde Regional Council in 1975 for Gorbals. He successfully blocked implementation of fluoridation in court by arguing it violated the 1946 Water Act and the 1968 Medicine Act.By the time he became an MP, Wray was a wealthy man. He was on the left-wing of the Labour Party, and joined the Campaign Group. His political stances were Eurosceptic, an advocate of Irish republicanism regarding Northern Ireland,Robert Waller and Byron Criddle (''The Almanac of British Politics'' ), London and New York: Routledge, 1999 (6th ed.), p. 312. and opposed to abortion and the abolition of Section 28.Rory Reynolds, ("Former Glasgow MP Jimmy Wray dies at 78" ), ''Scotland on Sunday'', 26 May 2013 His views on Northern Ireland led him to be tagged "I.R. Wray" by ''Private Eye''. In 2002, he attacked the Scottish Parliament, labeling its members "odds and sods".("MP lays into Scots Labour colleagues" ), BBC News, 22 March 2002Wray stood down as an MP, aged 65, at the 2005 general election following a stroke in December 2003.==Death==Wray died on 25 May 2013 in Mearnskirk Home Hospital in Renfrewshire(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former Labour MP and socialist campaigner Jimmy Wray dies, aged 78 ) after suffering from bowel cancer, aged 78. He had four children, two girls and two boys.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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