1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Keighley Constituency – Biography of Walker

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Keighley

CANDIDATE : Walker

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Walker, aged 36, is a former Coastal Command pilot and squadron leader, who won the D.F.C. for anti-submarine work in the North Atlantic. A blanket manufacturer at Mirfield, he is a vice-president of the Yorkshire Area Liberal Federation and president of the Dewsbury League of Young Liberals. He was educated at Queens’ College, Cambridge, and holds an honours degree in economics.

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