Eric Leslie Gandar Dower (1894 - 4 October 1987) was a Scottish Conservative politican and businessman, October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...

He was educated at Brighton College, like his elder brother Leonard, and at Jesus College, Cambridge, and trained for the stage at RADA, touring with a number of theatre companies. Brighton College is a leading public school (that is, an independent, fee-paying secondary school) for boys and girls in Brighton, East Sussex in England. ... Full name The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge Motto Facias Prosperum Ter Named after Jesus Lane & Jesus Parish Previous names - Established 1496 Sister College(s) Jesus College Master Prof. ... Rada is the term for council or assembly borrowed by Polish from Middle High German Rat (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages. ...

Gandar Dower established Aberdeen Airport and pioneered Scottish Air Lines between Aberdeen and Edinburgh, Glasgow, Wick, Thurso, Kirkwall, and Stromness, as well as the first British/Norwegian Air Line between Newcastle and Stavanger in 1937. He served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1940-43. Aberdeen Airport (IATA: ABZ, ICAO: EGPD) is the fourth largest international airport in Scotland, and number 9 in the UK. The airport is located in Dyce, approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberdeen city centre. ... This article is about the Scottish city. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... see Wick (disambiguation) for other meanings Look up wick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article refers to the town in Scotland. ... Location within the British Isles Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland. ... Stromness is the second-largest town in the Orkney Islands and is located on the southwestern edge of the mainland of Orkney. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (2005) Leif Johan Sevland Official language form Norwegian Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ...

Following the War, he was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland at the 1945 general election with a majority of just 6 in the tightest ever three-way marginal - just 61 votes separated him from the third-placed candidate, Liberal Party parliamentary leader Archibald Sinclair. Sinclair had acted as Secretary of State for Air during World War II and could not spend much time in his constituency, the northernmost mainland seat. Recognising this, Gandar Dower had promised to resign his seat upon the defeat of japan, it is assumed to allow Sinclair to fight a by-election in 'fairer' circumstances, but did not honour this pledge. Nevertheless, the local Conservative Association withdrew support for him subsequently and selected Sir David Robertson instead. Gandar Dower thus retired at the 1950 general election. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Caithness and Sutherland was a constituency the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997. ... The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26 July 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become... Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso (then Sir Archibald Sinclair) (October 22, 1890-June 15, 1970) was leader of the UK Liberal Party from 1935 until 1945. ... The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position, in charge of the Air Ministry. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others. ... David Robertson is the Music Director of the St. ... The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ...

External links

• Audio clip of BBC interview with Gandar Dower