1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Portsmouth West Constituency – Biography of Bruce

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Portsmouth West

CANDIDATE : Bruce

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. W. T. Bruce entered Parliament as member for the north division of Portsmouth in 1945 and served as Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. A. Bevan. He was also a member of the royal dockyards, finance and blitzed cities groups of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Born in 1912, he is a chartered accountant. A major in the 1939-45 war he was a member of General Eisenhower’s staff at Supreme Headquarters.

SOURCE : https://andy.egge.rs/data.html