1950 GENERAL ELECTION : East Ham North Constituency – Biography of Carroll

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : East Ham North

CANDIDATE : Carroll

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. J. J. Carroll, is 34, has been serving in the Royal Corps of Signals in Hamburg, and was given leave to contest the election. Born in Southern Ireland, he joined the Territorial Army in 1939 and served in North Africa, Italy, Austria, Egypt, Palestine, and Germany. He was commissioned in 1941 and promoted captain the same year. He was a major in the Tank Corps 1943-48.

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