British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kilmarnock Constituency – Biography of Thomson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kilmarnock

CANDIDATE : Thomson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. G. Thomson unsuccessfully contested West Edinburgh in 1945. A partner in an old-established firm of fireworks manufacturers, he reported on German explosives plants for the Government. During the last war he served in the ranks in The Black Watch and the Royal Engineers. He was born in 1917.


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