British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Arundel and Shoreham Constituency – Biography of Cuthbert

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Arundel and Shoreham

CANDIDATE : Cuthbert

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. N. Cuthbert, mayor of Bexhill, 1936-42, was elected for Rye in 1945. He is 60, was trained in banking in Scotland and London and held executive posts with the Imperial Bank of Persia for 21 years. After serving in the Army 1914-19, he was elected to Bexhill Council, and in 1943 was given the freedom of the borough. He resigned his county council seat on election to Parliament.


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