British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Devon North Constituency – Biography of Baker

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Devon North

CANDIDATE : Baker

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. W. A. Baker is a schoolmaster. :Since he left the Army in 1947, after 23 years’ seryice, he has been active in trade union and political circles in Hampshire, particularly in the National Union of Teachers and the Portsmouth Labour Party. He has also done a good deal of social work in the district.


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