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 : Stirling and Falkirk Burghs

CANDIDATE : Curran

PARTY : Scot. Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Curran, another unsuccessful candidate in the by-election, is, at the age of 26, the youngest provost in Scotland. Most of his boyhood was spent in Northern Ontario, where his father was employed with a gold mining company. Returning to Alva at the age of 14, he became a member of the town council in 1945 and provost last year.

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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 : Ayr

CANDIDATE : Moore

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Thomas Moore was M.P. for the old Ayr Burghs seat from 1925 until the dissolution of the last Parliamant. He is chairman of Hatchards, Limited, and a director of other publishing companies. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he joined the Regular Army in 1908, served in France, Ireland, and Russia, retiring as a lieutenant-colonel in 1925. He is a freeman of the City of London.

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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 : Berwickshire and East Lothian

CANDIDATE : Robertson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. J. Robertson was elected M.P. for Berwick and Haddington in 1945. He is 52 years of age and a native of the Shetland Islands. Joining the Royal Navy at the age of 16, he was in the Battle of Jutland and was the Navy’s middleweight boxing champion in 1918. During the war he was chief labour officer for Scotland for the Ministry of Supply, and in 1947 was appointed Joint Under-Secretary for Scotland.

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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 : Fife East

CANDIDATE : Stewart

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Henderson Stewart, member for East Fife since 1933, was born in 1897 and educated at Edinburgh University, where he took honours in economics. He was secretary of the Liberal Land Inquiry Committee in 1926-27. He has served on the advisory ccuncil on education in Scotland, and in 1949 was one of a group of M.P.s who toured North America to explore the market for agricultural machinery.

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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 : Hamilton

CANDIDATE : Fraser

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Fraser, joint Undersecretary for Scotland, is 39. He started work in the mines when 14, and worked underground until elected to Parliament in 1942. He has held various offices in the miners’ union and has been secretary of Lanark Labour Party. He has shown great energy in introducing new industries into the county.

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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 : Midlothian and Peeblesshire

CANDIDATE : Horsbrugh

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss Horsbrugh, after her defeat, was invited to stand for Manchester, Moss Side, where the nominated Conservative candidate. Squadron Leader Fleming, K.C., had died before polling day. Biographical details are given on page 127.]

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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 : Renfrewshire West

CANDIDATE : Scollan

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Scollan has been an engineer and organizer for the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers. He is a former president of the Scottish T.U.C. and a member of its general council. He has served on the Glasgow Corporation, and is secretary to the Sugar Confectionery and Food Preserving Trade Board. A past chairman of the Glasgow Trades Council, he entered Parliament in 1945, when he captured Western Renfrew from the Conservatives.

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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 : Bermondsey

CANDIDATE : Mellish

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. J. Mellish, aged 37, entered Parliament in 1946, as member for Rotherhithe. Appointed Parliamentary private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1947, he, with others, was required to resign in June, 1949, for his vote on the Ireland Bill. He served in the Royal Engineers (Dock Section) during the war, and was demobilized as a captain. An official of the Transport and General Workers’ Union. On the direction of Mr. Attlee 30,000 copies of a speech by Mr. Mellish in Parliament on Communist influences in the London dock strike in 1949 were distributed among dockers.

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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 : Chelsea

CANDIDATE : Robertson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. C. Robertson, aged 57, barrister, served for 12 years as district and sessional judge in Burma. Placed on special duty with the Burma Government in Simla, he later joined the staff of Sir Herbert Ranee as deputy chief judicial officer, military administration, Burma.

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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 : Greenwich

CANDIDATE : Reeves

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Reeves, aged 53, had fought two unsuccessful contests before becoming M.P. for the division in 1945. He was founder and chairman of the Camberwell Labour Party and became vice-chairman of the Society for Improving Relations between Great Britain and the U.S.S.R. He is a member of the national executive of the Labour Party, and of the committee of inquiry into the B.B.C.

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