1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chesterfield Constituency – Biography of Benson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chesterfield

CANDIDATE : Benson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Benson was member for the division from 1929 to 1931 and continuously from 1935 to the dissolution. Aged 60, he was educated at Manchester Grammar school and is a Partner in a firm of estate agents in Manchester. He is chairman ol the Howard League for Penal Reform, and a member of the Home yiuce Advisory Council on delinquency He ls the author of books on finance and accountancy.

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