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 : Ilford South

CANDIDATE : Ranger

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Ranger, who won the seat at the last election, twice fought Mr. Churchill, unsuccessfully, in the Epping division. Born in 1889, he entered the Labour movement through the South West Ham Independent Labour Party in 1908. He is a company secretary, advising on industrial welfare problems. He has been a member of the Co-operative movement since 1915. He is a strong supporter of the international control of atomic energy.

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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 : Taylor

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. L. A. Taylor, timber merchant and former steel worker, lives in London, and until recently was chairman of the Joint Industrial Council for the box-making industry. He has travelled extensively.

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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 : Hurst

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. J. Hurst, a bachelor, aged 43, is a native of Farnworth (Lanes) and an insurance broker in Manchester and London. He was a Labour member of Salford City Council, 1934-41, and has been engaged by the R.A.F. as a lecturer in the Middle East.

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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 : Moroney

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. J. Moroney, aged 32, was born in Leicester of Irish parents. He is a mathematics lecturer in the Leicester College of Technology. He was educated locally.

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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 : Lincoln

CANDIDATE : de Freitas

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Geoffrey de Freitas, who succeeded Mr. Strachey as Undersecretary for Air, is 37 and was M.P. for Central Nottingham in the last Parliament. He was educated at Haileybury and Clare College, Cambridge, and spent two years as Mellon Fellow at Yale University. He became president of the Cambridge Union. He is a barrister on the Midland Circuit and was one of the British delegation to the United Nations Assembly. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1939. He served in the R.A.F. from 1940 until 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 : Liverpool Scotland

CANDIDATE : Woollam

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. V. Woollam is 21 years of age and the son of a boilermaker and riveter. He entered Liverpool University in 1945 as a Royal Institution Iliffe Scholar and as a special scholar under the Liverpool Education Committee’s scheme and specialized in the study of Imperial economic affairs.

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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 : Manchester Ardwick

CANDIDATE : Lever

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. M. Lever, a Manchester solicitor, was born in 1905 and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Leeds University, where he graduated LL.B. Since 1932 he has been a member of M anchester City Council, and has given service as honorary legal adviser to welfare organizations.

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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 : Manchester Gorton

CANDIDATE : Watts

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Watts, born in 1905, was educated at Shrewsbury and New College, Oxford, and is a partner in a large wholesale textile firm in Manchester. Elected to Manchester City Council in 1933, he resigned in 1938 to give his time to recruiting and training for the Territorial Army. He served throughout the war. Mr. Watts is treasurer of Manchester 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 : Middlesbrough East

CANDIDATE : Marquand

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Hilary Marquand, who was appointed Minister of Pensions in July, 1948, was born in Wales in 1901 and educated at Cardiff University, where he was a prizeman, winning honours in history and economics. After graduating he became lecturer in economics at Birmingham University. He spent a year in America studying industrial relations, and was visiting lecturer at Wisconsin University. He is an authority on industrial and social problems in South Wales, where his former seat, East Cardiff, has disappeared. He has held office as Secretary of Overseas Trade and Paymaster-General.

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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 : Newcastle upon Tyne Central

CANDIDATE : Barton

PARTY : I.L.P.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. G. Barton, aged 32, is a caravan salesman in the Manchester district. Joining the I.L.P. 10 years ago, he is now a member of its national council. As a member of the Society of Friends he was a conscientious objector during the last war and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, but this was reversed on appeal to the tribunal.

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