British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Swansea West Constituency – Biography of Morris

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Swansea West

CANDIDATE : Morris

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Percy Morris, who won the seat from a Liberal National candidate in 1945, has been a railway clerk and was Deputy Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence from 1941 to 1945. He is a member of Swansea Borough Council, and since 1930 has been a member of the executive committee of the Railway Clerks’ Association. He was born in 1893, and is interested in transport and local government questions.


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