1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Portsmouth South Constituency – Biography of Merrion

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Portsmouth South

CANDIDATE : Merrion

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. C. Merrion, aged 46, and educated at elementary schools and evening classes, has been a member of the Labour Party 25 years and held most local offices, besides being a technical lecturer at Labour colleges. Has been on Enfield council and chairman of the Housing Committee, and is a member of Enfield Industrial Executive Committee and the Health Act Tribunal. He is an authority on building trade matters and has several times broadcast on industrial and political subjects.

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