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 : Walsall

CANDIDATE : Barlow

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir John Barlow, of Sandbach, Cheshire, is senior partner in a Manchester textile company, a local director of a bank and also of Malayan rubber companies. He is deputy chairman of the Cotton Board. He is 51, and the son of the first baronet, who was M.P. for Frome for 25 years. Contesting Northwich as an Independent Liberal in 1929, he stood down in favour of the Conservative in 1931, and was elected for Eddisbury as a Liberal National 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 : Wednesbury

CANDIDATE : Wilkins

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. R. Wilkins, sales director of a firm of engineers, is 35 years of age. He has studied the production methods of industry and export trade problems in a number of countries, particularly Canada and the United States. He served in West Africa, India, and Burma during the war, rising to the rank of captain.

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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 : West Ham South

CANDIDATE : Norris

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Norris, 31 years old, is an engineer who worked in a munitions factory during the war. He joined the Young Communists League 10 years ago and two years later transferred to the party, He has been a Communist candidate for membership of West Ham borough council.

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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 : Wimbledon

CANDIDATE : Gibson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. F. Gibson, who is 26 years of age, is an economist and historian on a research project investigating the growth and development of the iron and steel industry with particular reference to Scotland. He was bora in Scarborough, and was educated at the Friends’ School, Cumberland, and in Glasgow, and studied at the Dundee School of Economics. He held a commission in the R.N.V.R? during 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 : Worcester

CANDIDATE : Gardiner

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. W. H. P. Gardiner, who was born in Co. Kerry, has developed one of the largest herds of pedigree pigs in the county at his home near Droitwich. He was educated at Abbey College, Co. Tipperary, and Wellington Cadet College, India. He was commissioned in 1920 and served in the Indian Army. During the last war he held four staff appointments with the Sind Independent Brigade and was commandant of the Indian War Dog Training Centre. He has many trophies for horsemanship.

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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 : Bedfordshire South

CANDIDATE : Knight

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. S. Knight, an economist and industrial accountant, is an associate of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, and has wide experience in commerce and industry. He was born in 1909 and educated at Christ’s College, Finchley, and the London School of Economics under Lord Beveridge, graduating at London University.

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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 : Aylesbury

CANDIDATE : Moir

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. G. Moir, a local man, aged 32, is national organizer of the cadet movement of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He was educated at Berkhamsted School, and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He has served on Aylesbury R.D.C. and is a member of the county council. He was a prisoner of war in the Far East for three and a half years.

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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 : Cheadle

CANDIDATE : Samways

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. E. Samways was born in Handforth in 1910 and has lived in the Cheadle locality all his life. He has been a member of the Cheadle and Gatley Council. Managing director of a firm of radio and electrical engineers, he lectured to the R.A.F. during the war on radar and allied subjects.

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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 : Runcorn

CANDIDATE : Wharrad

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. H. Wharrad was born in 1911 and is organization adviser to the Raw Cotton Commission. He is chairman of the Bromley Fabian Society, and contested the Bromley Borough Council elections in 1947. During the war he served in the R.A.F. and rose to the rank of wing commander.

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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 : Cornwall North

CANDIDATE : Foot

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Dingle Foot, who was born in Plymouth in 1905, is a son of Mr. Isaac Foot. He was called to the Bar when he was 25, and practises on the Western Circuit. In 1931 he was elected M.P. for Dundee, a constituency which he represented for 14 years. In Mr. Churchill’s war-time Government he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare. He was present at the San Francisco Conference which framed the United Nations Charter.

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