Wilf Proudfoot

Wilf Proudfoot
Member of Parliament for
Brighouse and Spenborough
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byColin Jackson
Succeeded byColin Jackson
Member of Parliament for
Cleveland
In office
8 October 1959 – 25 September 1964
Preceded byArthur Palmer
Succeeded byJames Tinn
Personal details
Born
George Wilfred Proudfoot

(1921-12-19)19 December 1921
Crook, County Durham, England
Died19 July 2013(2013-07-19) (aged 91)
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Margaret "Peggy" Mary Jackson
(m. 1950)
ChildrenMark, Lyn and Ian, Grandchildren - Marcus Proudfoot, Oliver Proudfoot, Luke Proudfoot, James-Ian Harvey, Victoria Harvey
OccupationGrocer, businessman, hypnotist
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service Royal Air Force
Years of service1940-1946
Battles/warsSecond World War

George Wilfred Proudfoot (19 December 1921 – 19 July 2013) was a British Conservative Party politician and former Member of Parliament (MP). He was also a prominent North Yorkshire businessman, well known for his ownership of the Proudfoot supermarket chain and Radio 270. In later life he embarked on a new career as a hypnotist, hypnotherapist and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Practitioner) and Instructor. He died in July 2013.[1]

  1. ^ Daily Telegraph, 22 July 2013 Wilf Proudfoot obituary