1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kilmarnock Constituency – Biography of Ross

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kilmarnock

CANDIDATE : Ross

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Ross won Kilmarnock in a by-election in 1946, after having been defeated in Ayr Burghs in 1945. Thirty-eight years of age, he is a graduate of Glasgow University and a teacher. He served in The Highland Light Infantry in India, Burma, and Singapore, and latterly was at Lord Mountbatten’s headquarters in Ceylon with the rank of major.

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