British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Lancaster Constituency – Biography of Farrer

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Lancaster

CANDIDATE : Farrer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. E. V. A. Farrer unsuccessfully contested this seat in 1945. Aged 53, and works manager for a London engineering firm, he has been prominent in left-wing politics for more than 30 years. He founded the Padding-ton branch of the I.L.P., but later became secretary of the Paddington Trades Council and Labour Party.


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