Category: British Politics Facts and Figures

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Gloucester

CANDIDATE : Turner-Samuels

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Turner-samuels, K.C., Recorder of Halifax, was M.P. for Barnard Castle, 1923-24, and formerly sat on Newcastle – upon – Tyne City Council. He was High Sheriff for Gloucester, 1946-47, and is a writer on legal and political subjects. Born in lo90. He was elected M.P. for Gloucester in 1945.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harrow East

CANDIDATE : Skinnard

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. W. Skinnard, a former L.C.C. schoolmaster, aged 48, when serving in Willesden schools did pioneer work in citizenship training and local survey work. He has been a lecturer to teachers’ courses in England and abroad, and in 1937 was invited to tour the United States and Canada. His early political experience was gained in the Union of Democratic Control, and he joined the Labour Party in 1924. He visited Jamaica in 1946 and was on the Parliamentary delegation to W. Africa in 1947. He was elected for Harrow East in 1945.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hendon North

CANDIDATE : Orr-Ewing

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewing, born in 1912, became prospective candidate for the constituency in 1946. He served an apprenticeship in the radio industry and joined the B.B.C. television service in 1937, but resigned last year to devote more time to politics. Throughout the war he worked on radar in the R.A.F., serving in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Resuming?his political career, he became a member of the executive of the Conservative Party in 1947-48, and has been a prominent speaker at the Party’s recent conferences.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hornsey

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. J. Jones, a London teacher born in 1905, is a member of the London district committee of the Communist Party, and has worked in Hornsey local affairs for many years. In the 1945 election he polled 10,058 votes, the third highest Communist poll.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ipswich

CANDIDATE : Ripley

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. W. L. Ripley is chairman and managing director of printing firms in London. Born in 1909, he was educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and was a flight lieutenant, R.A.F.V.R., in the war. He represents Coombe on Surrey County Council, is a member of Maiden and Coombe Borough Council, and is on the governing body of Gipsy Hill Training College for Teachers. He is vice-chairman of Kingston Conservative Association.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kingston upon Hull North

CANDIDATE : Atkinson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. S. Atkinson, a former Labour member of Hull City Council, seceded from the Labour Party in 1947 because of its ” totalitarian trend.” A commercial traveller, he is a member of the national executive of the United Kingdom Commercial Travellers’ Association.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leeds North West

CANDIDATE : Hogley

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. O. Hogley, a Huddersfield man, is 34 years of age and managing director of a firm of painters and decorators. He served m the Army for five years on constructional and administrative work. He has specially interested himself in housing problems and is also well known as a Methodist lay preacher.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leicester North West

CANDIDATE : Burrows

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. A. Burrows, born in 1888, the son of a Baptist minister, received early education in America, but returned to England to study at Manchester University, where he gained his M.A. and B.D. with honours. Later he took a degree in economics at London University and is classical master at Belper Grammar School.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Edge Hill

CANDIDATE : Errington

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Errington, aged 50, was educated at Mill Hill, Liverpool College (of which he is a governor), and Trinity College, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 1923, he practises on the Northern Circuit. He won the Bootle seat in 1935, and was formerly a member of Liverpool City Council and is chairman of Liverpool Boys’ Association Development Committee. He was a Wing Commander in the war.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Toxteth

CANDIDATE : Holt

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss A. D. Holt is a daughter of the late Sir Richard Holt, who was Liberal member for Hexham from 1907 to 1918. A graduate of Oxford University, she has undertaken research work for the Ministry of Town and Country Planning and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the General Assembly of the Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

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