British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh East Constituency – Biography of Donaldson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh East

CANDIDATE : Donaldson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Cmdr. C. E. M. Donaldson is on the staff of the Scottish Tourist Board. Born in Cornwall in 1903, he was brought up in Vancouver. He joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, 1926, and in the war served on the Pacific coast and in Newfoundland. He came to England as liaison officer on the staff of the C.-in-C, Portsmouth, and on demobilization decided to settle in Scotland.


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