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Patrick Wolrige-Gordon was elected Conservative and Unionist [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Aberdeenshire]] in November 1958 at a [[by-election]] when he was still an [[undergraduate]]. At 23, he was at the time the [[Baby of the House|youngest MP]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 1958 |title=Undergraduate as Youngest M.P. |language=en |pages=1 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=Bristol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/832199428 |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref>
 
He married Anne Marie Howard, daughter of journalist [[Peter Howard (journalist)|Peter Howard]] and tennis player [[Doris Metaxa]] in 1962. andHe became involved through Howard in [[Frank Buchman]]'s [[Moral Re-Armament]] (MRA) movement, which attracted much negative comment. He fell out with his local association over the matter and was defeated in the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general election]] by the Scottish National Party candidate [[Douglas Henderson (SNP politician)|Douglas Henderson]].
 
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