1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Oldham East Constituency – Biography of Fairhurst

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Oldham East

CANDIDATE : Fairhurst

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Fairhurst, who is 57 years of age, entered Parliament in 1945 for Oldham. He started work in a cotton mill after leaving school at 15. He was president of the National Association of Power Loom Overlookers, a member of the Wigan Town Council, and president of the Wigan Textile Trades Federation.

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