British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wigan Constituency – Biography of Dowling

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wigan

CANDIDATE : Dowling

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Dowling contested the 1948 by-election. He is 47, a native of Wigan, and a teacher at a local school. A member of Wigan Borough Council for 18 years, he is an alderman and was mayor in 1943-44. He is on the local executive of the National Union of Teachers and is interested in social work and sport.


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