1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh Leith Constituency – Biography of Mekie

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh Leith

CANDIDATE : Mekie

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. C. Mekie, a solicitor, aged 42, is the son of a Leith head master and was educated at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University. He specialized in the law governing electiicity supply, and joined Edmundson’s group of electrical power companies, becoming secretary and director of 15 concerns. He left the industry on nationalization and is now director of companies mainly in the chemical and allied industries.

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