1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wrexham Constituency – Biography of Richards

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wrexham

CANDIDATE : Richards

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Richards, 64, has represented Wrexham continuously since 1935. He first won the seat in 1922 and was Undersecretary for India in the first Labour Government. He also sat in the 1929-31 Parliament. Son of a miner, he became head of the Economics Department of the North Wales University College, Bangor, and a tutor in economics and political science at Coleg Harlech.

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