CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Rother Valley
CANDIDATE : Breare
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. R. A. Breare, 35, is the manager of a West Riding group of newspapers. During the war he served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He is honorary treasurer of the Harrogate and District General Hospital.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Cardiff North
CANDIDATE : Howlett
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. Howlett is national organizer of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers for South Wales and the West of England. Aged 51, he has been a member of the union for 21 years and of the Labour Party since 1917. He has been active in local government since 1923, and holds appointments in the gas and electricity industries.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Rhondda East
CANDIDATE : Davies
PARTY : Welsh Nat.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. Davies graduated with first-class honours at Cardiff University in 1922, and is Welsh master at Tonypandy Grammar School. He was born in 1897. He is a lecturer on Welsh, religious and social subjects, a member of New Wales Union, and a pioneer of the Welsh Nationalist Party.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Caernarvon
CANDIDATE : Jones
PARTY : Welsh Nat.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. E. Jones was born in Merionethshire 44 years ago and in 1927 graduated at University College, Bangor. He became a teacher with the L.C.C. and took a course in economics at London University. Founding a branch of the Welsh Nationalist Party in London he became its secretary and later became organizer and secretary of the Welsh National Party.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wrexham
CANDIDATE : Cooper
PARTY : C. & Nat. L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. G. Cooper, formerly a haulage contractor and a past chairman of the Midland Area Road Haulage Association, has farmed in Anglesey since 1945. He is 39.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Caerphilly
CANDIDATE : Lloyd
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. K. J. Lloyd was educated at Rugby. He served from 1939 to 1945 in the Royal Artillery and R.A.S.C, and later joined the Army Bureau of Current Affairs. He is now with a Midland advertising company, and broadcasts.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Merionethshire
CANDIDATE : Williams-Wynne
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Lt.-Col. J. F. Williams-Wynne was born in London and went to Cambridge. He served for 20 years in the Army, mostly in India, Ceylon, and Burma. After his retirement from the forces, he took up farming and market gardening and lives at Llanegryn, near Merioneth.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Pembrokeshire
CANDIDATE : Donnelly
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. Donnelly, who was born in 1920 is director of the Town and Country Planning Association. He joined the Labour Party in 1936 and has twice previously sought to enter Parliament. He was at one time editor of a town planning journal and is a journalist.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dundee West
CANDIDATE : Scrymgeour-Wedderburn
PARTY : C. & Nat. L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. H. J. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn is 47, stands 6ft. 4in. in height, and is Hereditary Standard-Bearer of Scotland. Educated at Oxford, he was president of the Union. Elected for West Renfrew in 1931, he was Under-Secretary for Scotland from 1936 to 1939. Rejoining The Black Watch on the outbreak of war, he was on General Eisenhower’s staff for the final attack on Germany. He lost his seat in Parliament in 1945. He farms an estate at Birkhill, Fife.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh North
CANDIDATE : Willis
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. E. G. Willis, member for the division since 1945, was born in Norwich 42 years ago and is a bookseller. He was for many years political organizer for the party in the division. He has served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Artillery. He is a member of the Central Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Pens.ons and the Scottish Advisory Council and the British Council.
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