British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chichester Constituency – Biography of Packham

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chichester

CANDIDATE : Packham

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. D. Packham, a London journalist, aged 33, fought East Grinstead in 1945. A parachutist during the war, he recently resigned his commission in The Royal Sussex Regiment. Since his adoption he has helped to form many new Labour Party branches in the villages.


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