Английская Википедия:Bert Carless
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Egbert Sylvester Carless OBE was a politician in Birmingham, England.[1][2]
Carless was born in June 1933.[3] After working as diesel mechanic at a Jamaican sugar refining plant, he migrated to the United Kingdom, arriving in 1956.[2]
He was elected as the labour councillor for Aston ward in Birmingham, and was the first non-white councillor to sit on Birmingham City Council, serving until 1994.[2][1] He was re-elected, representing Ladywood Ward, in 1998, serving until 2002.[1] He was a member of the council's education committee.[4]
He was also chair of the board of governors of the city's Handsworth College, and oversaw its transition to be part of City College (now South & City College Birmingham.[2]
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours "For services to education and to the community in Birmingham".[5] He was also made an Honorary Alderman of the city of Birmingham, in 1994.[1]
He died as a result of cancer on 14 August 2003.[2][1] He had five children.[2]
A street in Perry Barr, Birmingham was named "Bert Carless Way"Шаблон:Efn in around 2021.[4]
In December 2023, Carless' achievements were marked by the erection of a blue plaque in his honour, in a building at the Handsworth College campus.
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