1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Farnworth Constituency – Biography of Tomlinson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Farnworth

CANDIDATE : Tomlinson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. George Tomlinson, born in 1890, has represented Farnworth since 1938, when he won the seat in a by-election. He left the weaving sheds after 12 yea?s and started business as a botanical brewer. During many years’ service on local authorities he devoted himself to education, and after entering Parliament and holding the posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Works he succeeded the late Miss Ellen Wilkinson as Minister of Education in 1947.

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