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 : East Ham North

CANDIDATE : Mayhew

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir John Mayhew represented the constituency from 1931 to 1945, when he was Qeteated. An agriculturist and industrialist, ne has family associations with Essex which go oack some centuries. In the 1914-18 war he served in France and was wounded. He was an army welfare officer from 1939 to 1949. A lreeman of the City of London, he has been a Provincial area chairman of the Conservative Party.

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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 : Enfield West

CANDIDATE : MacLeod

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Ian MacLeod is head of the Home Affairs Department of the Conservative Central Office. An honours B.A. of Cambridge, he was reading for the Bar when the war broke out, and he volunteered as a private. He was commissioned in May, 1940, and was wounded in the Battle °f France. Later he was promoted major, and joined Field-Marshal Planning staff for the Normandy campaigh. He was appointed D.A.Q.M.G. to the 50th Division, and landed with them on D Day.

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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 : Gateshead West

CANDIDATE : Magnay

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. S. Magnay, 46 years old, is the second son of the late Mr. Thomas Magnay, a former member for Gateshead, who in 1931 defeated Mr. Ernest Bevin. Engaged professionally in building society work, he has been for many years a Sunday-school superintendent, and is also hon. secretary of the Gateshead Liberal Association. He has been a member of the Gateshead Borough Council since 1939.

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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 Central

CANDIDATE : Rees

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. R. Rees, aged 37, is a schoolmaster and has been president of the East London Teachers’ Association. He joined the Labour Party in 1933, and was prospective candidate for Upton, West Ham, until the outbreak of war. He is a member of the National Association of Labour Teachers, and of the Fabian Society and the London ?o-operative Society.

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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 : Hayes and Harlington

CANDIDATE : Vinson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. C. Vinson, an accountant, aged 46, is joint assistant managing director of an aviation company at Hayes. A former president of Southall Conservative Association, he is president of the Hayes Association. He serves on the council of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, Limited.

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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 : Gammans

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. D. Gammans won Hornsey at a by-election in 1941. Born in 1895, he was for many years in the Colonial service, from which he retired in 1934. He has worked in Malaya and Tokyo, and speaks Japanese. He has travelled extensively in India, Europe, and America studying agricultural conditions, and has served on British delegations to the West Indies and Sarawak.

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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 : Ilford South

CANDIDATE : Hall

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. A. Hall, who is 57, was consul-general in Canton until a year ago and is now secretary of the Economic League for European Co-operation (British section). He is the author of several books on historic periods in Europe and on China. He fought in France in 1915-18.

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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 Haltemprice

CANDIDATE : Burrell

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Burrell, who was born in Leeds in 1884, worked on the L.N.E.R. as a fitter and later as a colliery engineer in Durham. From 1908 he was an insurance agent and organized the Insurance Agents’ U nion. He was president of the National Federation of Insurance Workers for two years. In 1938 he was a trade union delegate to Russia as a guest of the U.S.S.R. Government. He served with the Navy in the 1914-18 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 : Leeds North

CANDIDATE : Underhill

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. W. Underhill went to Leeds from Romford in 1940 and became secretary of Leeds Women’s Liberal Federation in 1944. She is a Leeds magistrate and a member of the Juvenile Court panel.

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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 East

CANDIDATE : Westacott

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. C. Westacott, aged 33, is a native of South Wales. He saw service in the Army in Italy and Trieste in the last war. He has been secretary of the Welsh Committee of the Shop Stewards movement and is East Midlands organizer for the Communist Party.

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