1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Crosby Constituency – Biography of Burnie

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Crosby

CANDIDATE : Burnie

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. J. Burnie, born in 1882, was formerly M.P. for Bootle, being the first Liberal to represent that borough in the House of Commons. At one time he was the only Liberal on the Bootle town council. He served in the 1914-18 war and gained the M.C., and has been mayor of Bootle.

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