1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leicester South West Constituency – Biography of Russell

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leicester South West

CANDIDATE : Russell

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. D. Russell is the first woman to stand for a Leicester division. Born at Woodhouse, Yorkshire, she is welfare officer to a Leicester engineering company. She is the only woman member of the Leicester City Council.

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