1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Normanton Constituency – Biography of Brooks

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Normanton

CANDIDATE : Brooks

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. J. Brooks, member for the former Rothwell division since 1942, worked as a miner for 40 years, and for 30 years was branch secretary of the local miners’ union. He was four times chairman of Castleford U.D.C., on which he served for 30 years, and was a member of the county council for )8 years. He received the M.B.E. in 1931 for public services.

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