1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh East Constituency – Biography of Hope

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 : Hope

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Hope, a journalist, 34 years of age, was born in the constituency and worked on Scottish newspapers before going south. He is a former member of the B.B.C. news staff and subsequently a public relations officer in the Ministry of Supply. His wife, Charlotte Frances, producer and dramatist, was a founder of the repertory movement in Dundee.

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