British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wigan Constituency – Biography of Webster

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wigan

CANDIDATE : Webster

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. S. Webster, a barrister on the Northern Circuit, is 24, and lives at Rochdale. He was the first Liberal to contest Wigan since 1918. As a sub-lieutenant in the Navy, serving with the Fleet Air Arm, he was attached to the first night fighter squadron formed by the Navy and saw active service in the North Atlantic. He is a Rugby Union footballer.


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