1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Galloway Constituency – Biography of McKie

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Galloway

CANDIDATE : McKie

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. H. McKie is a member of one of the t oldest families in Gallo-way, who received land from King Robert the Bruce more than 600 years ago. His grandfather and great grandfather both represented the constituency, and Mr. McKie has held it since 1931. Born in 1898, he was educated at Harrow and Oxford. He is a landowner and a bachelor.

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