Neil McBride [SEP] date of death
Neil McBride
Neil McBride (13 April 1910 – 9 September 1974) was a British Labour Party politician.
He was Member of Parliament for Swansea East from a by-election in 1963 until his death, aged 64, shortly before the October 1974 general election. He was a government whip from 1966 to 1970.
Life.
Neil McBride, named after his father, was born in Neilstown in Scotland. He attended his local Catholic school, St. Thomas's School and later the National Labour College. He
9 February – The paramilitary Welsh nationalist organisation Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru plants a bomb at the construction site of the Tryweryn reservoir.
- "date unknown" – A record snowfall of nearly 5ft (1.5m) occurs at Tredegar in Monmouthshire.
Events March.
- 6 March – After record freezing weather throughout the winter, it is the first day of the year when there is no frost in Wales.
- 28 March – Labour Party candidate Neil McBride wins the Swansea East by-election caused by the death