1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Huddersfield East Constituency – Biography of Smith

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Huddersfield East

CANDIDATE : Smith

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. W. Smith has taken a prominent part in trade matters on behalf of his fellow Yorkshire coal merchants. He was for a time ” Uncle John ” in the Northern children’s hour of the B.B.C., and also a member of a concert party. He served with the 57th Division in the 1914-18 war, and in the second world war with the Huddersfield Civil Defence organization.

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