1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds Central Constituency – Biography of Porter

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leeds Central

CANDIDATE : Porter

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Porter, a native of Liverpool, won the seat from National Labour in 1945. He is a joiner, and a member of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. A vice-chairman of the Liverpool Trades Council, he has been for over 30 years prominent in the trade union movement. He was engaged with the Ministry of Labour during the war.

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