1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh South Constituency – Biography of Earsman

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh South

CANDIDATE : Earsman

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. P. Earsman is leader of the Labour group in the city council, and was president of the Scottish Council of the Labour Party, 1948. He claims to be the only Briton to have served in the Red Army. He was an engineer on oil well development and served as A.D.C. to Trotsky for 18 months. On leaving Russia he received a gold medal from Trotsky in appreciation of his services to the country. For many years since his return he has been a severe critic of Soviet policy.

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