British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Lichfield and Tamworth Constituency – Biography of Ward

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Lichfield and Tamworth

CANDIDATE : Ward

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. S. A. Ward was born in Staffordshire in 1896 and is a member of a family which has been farming in the county for generations. She is the wife of a farmer, whom she helps on their farm at Walsall Wood, within the Lichfield constituency. She served from 1914 to 1918 as a V.A.D. nurse. She was M.P. for Cannock from 1931 to 1935. After the last war she was appointed to the staff of the Ministry of Labour and dealt with welfare in industry.


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