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 : Manchester Wythenshawe

CANDIDATE : Noble

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Noble, a chartered accountant, joined the Liberal Party last year. Born in 1911, he was secretary to a cotton mill company before joining the army. He served with the Intelligence Corps and the R.A.S.C, and spent three years in India. He is a merchant converter of cotton textiles.

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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 : Nelson and Colne

CANDIDATE : Silverman

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Sydney Silverman, who is in his early fifties, has represented the constituency since 1935. He is a native of Liverpool, and a solicitor. He won his way to the unive?sity by scholarships, and is a B.A. and LL.B. Mr. Silverman has played a prominent role in the Jewish cause, and was a contributor to many of the debates on the future of Palestine in the last Parliament.

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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 : Northampton

CANDIDATE : Agnew

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. R. L. Agnew made the Army his career, and from Rugby went to Sandhurst. He was commissioned in the 15th Hussars in 1919 and served with them until 1936. In the second world war he became second in command of his old regiment, subsequently commanded The East Riding (Yorks) Yeomanry and then transferred to the command of the 146th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, serving throughout the Burma campaign. His grandfather and uncle, both Liberals, sat in the?House of Commons.

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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 : Nottingham North West

CANDIDATE : West

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. West a native of Nottingham, is a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. During the war he was employed as an aircraft fitter, and later served three years with the Fleet Air Arm.

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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 : Oxford

CANDIDATE : Tweddle

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Tweddle, aged 39, went from Ayles-bury Grammar School to work in a bank. Commissioned in the R.A.F. during the war, he served in India, Burma, and Malaya, returning home in 1946 as a wing commander. He is the South-East England regional organizer of the United Nations 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 : Portsmouth South

CANDIDATE : Merrion

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. C. Merrion, aged 46, and educated at elementary schools and evening classes, has been a member of the Labour Party 25 years and held most local offices, besides being a technical lecturer at Labour colleges. Has been on Enfield council and chairman of the Housing Committee, and is a member of Enfield Industrial Executive Committee and the Health Act Tribunal. He is an authority on building trade matters and has several times broadcast on industrial and political subjects.

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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 : Reading South

CANDIDATE : Opperman

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. L. Opperman, aged 44, is an engineer with a business in Newbury, and a member of the Committee for Business Training set up by the Ministry of Labour. He has served on various local bodies and held an honorary commission in the R.A.F.V.R.

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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 : Rossendale

CANDIDATE : Tomlinson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. L. M. Tomlinson, first woman to contest Rossendale, is a Manchester housewife. She is chairman of Urmston Women’s Liberals Association and on the executive of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and North-West Liberal Federatio?.

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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 : Salford West

CANDIDATE : Royle

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Royle, who was born in 1899, was educated at Stockport Grammar School. He was a master butcher for many years, and is an ex-president of the Manchester and Salford Butchers’ Association and executive member of other meat trade organizations, but he resigned from the National “”*? *?* Federation after there was criticism of the nationalization threat. He was on the Stockport Borough Council from 1928 to 1935, and has been chairman of the Stockport Trades and Labour Council. He was first elected to Parliament in 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 : Sheffield Hillsborough

CANDIDATE : Bennett

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Bennett is 36. Called up early in the war, he was discharged in 1941. He is a former general secretary of the Young Communist League, and since 1945 has been the party’s Yorkshire district secretary and member of the national executive. He has visited Czechoslovakia and the United States.

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