1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Pontefract Constituency – Biography of Sylvester

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Pontefract

CANDIDATE : Sylvester

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. O. Sylvester was member for the Normanton division from 1947 to the dissolution. Born in 1898, he started work in the mines when 13, and was a branch secretary of the Yorkshire Mineworkers’ Association nearly 20 years. He has been three times chairman of the Normanton urban council, a position since held by Mrs. Sylvester, and has also served on the West Riding County Council.

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