British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : West Ham South Constituency – Biography of de la Motte

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : West Ham South

CANDIDATE : de la Motte

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. M. De La Motte was born in Johannesburg in 1912 and came to England at the age of 10. Prior to the war she was assistant secretary to the National Fitness Council for Shropshire and Herefordshire, and on the outbreak of war she joined the B.B.C. She was next regional organizer for the W.V.S. in London. Since the war her work with the W.V.S. has included assisting with the promotion of home help schemes.


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