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Jim Watson (English politician)

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The Reverend Jim Watson (c. 1917 – 4 January 2013) was a British politician and former minister of the Audley Range United Reformed Church from 1958 to 1982. Watson served as a Labour councillor for St Thomas's ward, now known as Queen's Park, in Blackburn, Lancashire from 1964 until 1997.[1] He also held office as the Mayor of Blackburn from 1982 to 1983.[1]

Watson died at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital on 4 January 2013, at the age of 95.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Clough, Dan (8 January 2013). "Ex-church minister and mayor of Blackburn dies at 95". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2013.