1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wandsworth Clapham Constituency – Biography of Gibson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wandsworth Clapham

CANDIDATE : Gibson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. W. Gibson won the Kennington seat in 1945, but it disappeared in the redistribution. Born in 1889, he studied at Morley College, Rus-kin College and the London School of Economics, and was an official of the Transport and General Workers Union until elected to Parliament. For four years he was a member of the Central Housing Advisory Committee. Since 1943 he has been chairman of the London County Council Housing Committee.

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