Julian Brazier

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Julian William Hendy Brazier TD (born July 24, 1953) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury.

1 Early life
2 Parliamentary career
3 Personal life
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Born into a military he attended the Dragon School, Wellington College, Berkshire, Brasenose College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Mathematics. He joined the Territorial Army and served for twenty years and was given the Territorial Decoration in 1993. He was the President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1973. He was employed by Chartered Consolidated Ltd 1975–1984.

Julian Brazier contested the 1983 General Election at Berwick-upon-Tweed, being defeated by the Liberal MP Alan Beith. In 1984, he became a management consultant with H.B. Maynard International. He contested the Conservative seat of Canterbury at the 1987 General Electionand has held held the seat comfortably.

[edit] Parliamentary career

Within parliament, Brazier became the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State at the Treasury Gillian Shepherd. He remained Shepherd's PPS after the 1992 General Election in her new capacity as the Secretary of State for Employment, he resigned in 1993 as a protest against defence cuts. Following the 1997 General Election, he became a member of the Defender of the Faith Select Committee.

After the 2005 General Election Julian was appointed a spokesman on Transport.

Brazier has long been an advocate of military issues in the House of Commons. As a practicing Catholic, Brazier has been a long standing defender of traditional family values.

[edit] Personal life

Julian Brazier has been married to his wife Katherine Elizabeth Blagden since 1984, and they have three sons. He is the son-in-law of Brigadier Paddy Blagden, a well known United Nations de-mining expert.