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 : Folkestone and Hythe

CANDIDATE : Mackeson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Brig. H. R. Mackeson has been member for Hythe since 1945, and a Conservative whip since 1947. After leaving Sandhurst he was for 20 years wit? the Royal Scots Greys. He served in India and Egypt. He was G.S.O.I. from 1940-42, B.G.S., H.Q., R.A.C. in 1942, and finally commanded an armoured brigade. Born 44 years ago he farms at Barham, where he lives.

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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 : Sevenoaks

CANDIDATE : Spencer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Spencer, aged 33 and for 19 years a member of the Labour Party, has been an active member of Lewisham Borough Council and is interested in the rebuilding of the Crystal Palace of which he is a trustee. He is a dairy farmer.

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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 : Tomlinson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. George Tomlinson, born in 1890, has represented Farnworth since 1938, when he won the seat in a by-election. He left the weaving sheds after 12 yea?s and started business as a botanical brewer. During many years’ service on local authorities he devoted himself to education, and after entering Parliament and holding the posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Works he succeeded the late Miss Ellen Wilkinson as Minister of Education in 1947.

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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 : Harrison

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Harrison, 64, a retired bank manager, was for three years first president of the Bank Officers’ Guild (now the National Union of Bank Employees), and for 15 years a member of the executive. For seven years he was chairman of Bacup savings committee, and for 14 years a Methodist circuit steward.

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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 : Widnes

CANDIDATE : MacColl

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. E. MacColl is a barrister born in 1908 and educated at Sedbergh and Balliol College. Oxford. He took a fellowship in Economics at Chicago University, and, returning to England was called to the Bar, practising on the North-Eastern Circuit until 1939. He served in the civil defence organization in London during the war. He was elected to Paddington Borough Council in 1934, was mayor in 1947-49, and for 10 years served on the L.C.C. education committee. He is a member of the Hemel Hempstead New Town Development Corporation, and has broadcast on local government and town planning.

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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 : Blankley

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. D. Blankley, director of a packing company, was born in 1924. During the war he served in the R.A.F. for a year and later in civil defence. He is a member of the Royal Observer Corps. A Nottingham resident, he represents Central Nottingham on the East Midlands Liberal Federation executive.

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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 : Dyer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. J. H. Dyer is a member of an old Liberal family and one of his brothers contested a Nottinghamshire seat as a Liberal. He is head master of a school at Alford, and has taken an active part in local government in the district, and was for two years chairman of the urban district council, of which he is a member.

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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 : Jones

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Jones, a member of the Society of Friends, was born in Liverpool 59 years ago. He has spent most of his life in the Far East, his last post being chief manager of the Siamese Government Bank in Bangkok. He moved to Norfolk ]2 years ago and became chairman of the North Norfolk Libeial 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 : Peterborough

CANDIDATE : Akst

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. I. Akst, an accountant practising in London and the eastern counties, was born in 1903 and educated at Shoreham Grammar School. He is actively associated with Hunts Liberal Association and Eastern Counties Liberal Federation.

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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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