Background
He was born in Tunbridge Wells,Template:Citation neded and was raised in a Barnardo"s orphanage after his father abandoned the family in 1923, during which time he was separated from his brother, sister, and pregnant mother.
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Ron Ledger
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Education
He was educated at Skinner"s Grammar School and then at Nottingham University, where he founded the University"s Labour Club and was its first chairman from 1948 to 1949.
Career
He served with the Royal Air Force from 1942 to 1947. Ledger was a director the London Company-operative Society from 1961. He was later the owner of a casino, and served as chairman of the Hairdressing Council from 1966.
Membership
41st United Kingdom Parliament. 42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament.
44th United Kingdom Parliament]
Ledger unsuccessfully contested Rushcliffe at the 1951 general election, and was a member of Hertfordshire County Council from 1952 to 1954.
He was elected at the 1955 general election as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Romford, and held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1970 general election.
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Political Party
Labour Party