1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Durham (City) Constituency – Biography of Grey

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Durham (City)

CANDIDATE : Grey

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Charles Grey entered Parliament in 1945 as member for the division. He was born in 1904, and worked for more than 20 years as a coal-hewer at a Durham colliery. A native of Easington, where he attended the local elementary school, Mr. Grey was a miners’ lodge official before 1945 and an Independent Methodist lay preacher. His hobby is the study of sacred music.

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