1950 GENERAL ELECTION : South Shields Constituency – Biography of Smith

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : South Shields

CANDIDATE : Smith

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. O. Smith, born in South Shields 46 years ago, started work early as a rivet catcher in the shipyards in 1917 after his father had been torpedoed at sea. He is an electric welder. He took an active part in the unemployed workers’ movement before the war.

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