Bonner Pink

Bonner Pink CBE
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
In office 31 March 1966 – 6 May 1984
Preceded by	Jocelyn Lucas
Succeeded by	Mike Hancock
Personal details
Born	Ralph Bonner Pink (1912-09-30)30 September 1912 Portsmouth, England
Died	6 May 1984(1984-05-06) (aged 71) Portsmouth, England
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Marguerite Bannar-Martin ​ ​ (m. 1939)​
Children	2

Ralph Bonner Pink CBE (30 September 1912 – 6 May 1984) was a British Conservative politician.

Pink was born in Portsmouth on 30 September 1912. He was educated at Oundle School and was a company director. He served as a councillor on Portsmouth City Council (1948–61), then as an alderman, and was Lord Mayor of Portsmouth for 1961–62. In 1961, he was appointed CBE.

Pink was the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South from 1966 until he died in office at St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, on 6 May 1984, at the age of 71. He was a member of the Speaker's panel of chairmen.

In 1939, Pink married Marguerite Bannar-Martin, with whom he had two children.

References

• The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966 & 1983
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Bonner Pink