Birth of Charles Peter Kennedy
Birth of Charles Peter Kennedy
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Charles Peter Kennedy Biography and Timeline
Follow Charles Peter Kennedy through 7 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Charles Peter Kennedy, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1959–2006Years on this page
1959
1983
Election
Received the Social Democratic Party (SDP) nomination for the Scottish seat of Ross, Cromarty and Skye, which he went on to win in 1983, becoming the youngest sitting Member of Parliament
1999
Party Leader
Elected leader of the Liberal Democrats after the retirement of Paddy Ashdown
2001
Election
The Liberal Party win 18.8% of votes cast & 52 MPs
2002
Marriage
Charles Kennedy marries Sarah Gurling, the sister of his friend, James Gurling
2005
Election
With 62 seats, the Liberal Democrats have 10 more MPs than in 2001. The Liberal Democrats won 62 seats, their greatest number of seats since the 1920s, gaining 22.1% of the vote
2006
Resignation of Charles Peter Kennedy
Announces his resignation with immediate effect
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.