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 : Sevenoaks

CANDIDATE : Rodgers

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Rodgers, aged 43, has travelled widely in Europe, America, and Russia on business and is chairman of the British Market Research Bureau, Ltd. During the war he worked in the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Production, and went on a special mission to Portugal for the Foreign Office. He was educated at St. Peter’s, York and also in France and at Oxford, where he was a scholar in modern history, and later joined the staff of University College, Hull.

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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 : Farnworth

CANDIDATE : Lomax

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Lomax, born in 1875, started work as a half-timer at 10, became a technological expert in the pottery trade, and introduced a famous glaze. He claims the distinction of being the first to advocate the de-rating of industry in 1907.

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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 : Middleton and Prestwich

CANDIDATE : Hilditch

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. S. Hilditch, born in 1906, took an honours degree in history at Manchester University and became senior history lecturer at Lancaster emergency training college. He has been chairman of the Chorley division Labour Party, president of the Leyland Labour Party, and a member of the executive of the Lancaster Labour Party. He was a flight lieutenant in the R.A.F. 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 : Westhoughton

CANDIDATE : Crowther

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss J. Crowther, aged 29, a domestic science teacher at Liverpool, is prominent in the Young Conservatives movement and, besides holding offices in local and regional organizations of the party, is on the Young Conservatives national executive and a member of the Central Council of the National Union of Conservative Associations. She is specially interested in foreign affairs, maternity and child welfare, and industrial conditions. She worked in a Rochdale cotton mill during a vacation.

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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 : Holland with Boston

CANDIDATE : Lee

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. W. Lee is a Kent fruit farmer and scientist, 38 years old, who was educated at Bromley County School and studied political economy in London. He has done a good deal of public work in the Dartford district, and he is a tax commissioner. A broadcaster on agricultural subjects, he is also a radio script writer.

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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 : Louth (Borough)

CANDIDATE : Osborne

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Osborne, born in 1898, is a Leicestershire industrialist and chairman of a number of companies interested in the textile industry and in the grocery trade. He is an official of the ancient guild of Frame Knit Workers. He was elected to Parliament in 1945. Educated at University College, Oxford, he served with the Royal Artillery in France, Italy and Egypt 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 : Norfolk North

CANDIDATE : Reid

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. M. Reid held a commission in the Royal Flying Corps during the 1914-18 war and was twice wounded in France, where he gained the M.C. Going back to Cambridge after the war he became president of the Union. Later he took a business appointment in India and was for six years a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly. During the war he served with Indian regiments.

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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 : Peterborough

CANDIDATE : Tiffany

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Tiffany, born in 1908, went to Leeds Modern School and Technical College, and trained as an electrical engineer. He was a director of Leeds Co-operative Society and served in a similar capacity at Peterborough. He is interested in agricultural and food problems. He has been a member of a number of Parliamentary delegations to European countries.

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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 : Bassetlaw

CANDIDATE : Dyer

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. G. E. Dyer has served on the Lough-borough Town Council, and is leader of the Liberal group on Nottingham City Council. Formerly connected with a road transport organization, he conducted the East Midlands campaign against the Transport Bill. He is senior regional executive officer of the East Midlands area of the National Road Transport Federation. He has been chairman of Nottingham Liberal Federation since 1946, and is a Congregational 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 : Banbury

CANDIDATE : Dodds-Parker

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. D. Dodds-Parker is 41, and was first elected for Banbury in 1945. Educated at Winchester and Magdalen College, Oxford, he served in the Sudan Political Service from 1930 to 1938. Joining the Grenadier Guards in 1939, he served during the war in East Africa, North Africa, Italy, and France, and reached the rank of colonel in 1944. He holds two French decorations. In 1946 he was appointed chairman of the British Empire Producers’ Association.

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