1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Shipley Constituency – Biography of Jones

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Shipley

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Creech Jones, 59, has been Secretary of State for the Colonies fro? 1946, and previously was Under-Secretary for the Colonies. He won Shipley in 1935, and from 1940 to 1945 was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr. Bevin. From 1923 to 1930 he was an official of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, and has been organizing secretary of the Workers’ Travel Association. He is a governor of Ruskin College and vice-chairman of the British Institute of Adult Education.

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