1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bridlington Constituency – Biography of Wood

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bridlington

CANDIDATE : Wood

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Wood, son of Lord Halifax, was born in 1920 and educated at Eton. Joining the Army as a private at the age of 20, he was later commissioned and served in the Middle East, where he lost both legs. In spite of his disability he drives a car and rides horseback. After leaving the Army he spent two years at Oxford, and has toured the United States. He takes an active interest in the Limbless Ex-servicemen’s Association.

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