1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Torrington Constituency – Biography of Chappell

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Torrington

CANDIDATE : Chappell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. B. H. Chappell, an ex-regular soldier, was an Exeter policeman from 1926 to 1939, when he resigned on winning £13,000 in a football pool. He then became a licensee at North Tawton, and is now a private inquiry agent in Exeter. He is the holder of all-round sportsman trophies in the Coldstream Guards and Exeter Police. Ex-chairman of South Molton Labour Party. He is the father of 13 children.

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