John Hunt (British politician, born 1929)

Sir John Leonard Hunt (27 October 1929 – 19 September 2017)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Hunt was educated at Dulwich College and became a stockbroker.

He first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at the 1959 general election, contesting Lewisham South, and he was also unsuccessful in the equivalent seat at the 1961 London County Council election.

Hunt was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 33 years, serving in Bromley from 1964 to 1974, originally succeeding former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and in Ravensbourne from 1974 until he retired in 1997.

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