1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh North Constituency – Biography of Crawford

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh North

CANDIDATE : Crawford

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Crawford, 28 years of age, is a journalist specializing in dramatic criticism. He was torpedoed in a merchant ship during the war, and assisted to navigate a boat 500 miles to Trinidad. Later he transferred to the Royal Navy. He is a linguist and assisted behind the scenes at the Edinburgh Festival.

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