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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hartlepools, The Constituency – Biography of Long

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hartlepools, The Constituency – Biography of Long

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hartlepools, The

    CANDIDATE : Long

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. F. J. Long, who is 25, is a native of Lichfield. Gaining a scholarship to Queen’s College, Oxford, from Leys School, he graduated M.A. and B.Sc. At the university he became president of the University Liberal Club and of the Oxford Union Society. He is engaged in research in industrial chemistry.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Heston and Isleworth Constituency – Biography of Williams

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Heston and Isleworth Constituency – Biography of Williams

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Heston and Isleworth

    CANDIDATE : Williams

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. R. Williams became the first member for the division in 1945. Born in 1895, he worked in the Post Office for 28 years, and since 1940 has been assistant secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers. In 1944 he was elected chairman of the staff side of the Post Office departmental Whitley Committee and vice-chairman of the Joint Council. He served oversea with the Royal Engineers in the 1914-18 war.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ilford North Constituency – Biography of Hutchinson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ilford North Constituency – Biography of Hutchinson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ilford North

    CANDIDATE : Hutchinson

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. G. Hutchinson, K.C., sat for Ilford from 1937 until 1945. Born in 1893, he served in the 1914-18 war and, as a territorial, he was mobilized in 1939 and served through the campaign in France, including the Dunkirk evacuation. He was appointed deputy assistant secretary to the War Office in 1941, but resigned in 1942 to resume his Parliamentary duties. He has been an alderman of the London County Council since 1945.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kingston upon Hull East Constituency – Biography of Pursey

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kingston upon Hull East Constituency – Biography of Pursey

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kingston upon Hull East

    CANDIDATE : Pursey

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Cmdr. H. Pursey served nearly 30 years in the Royal Navy and was the first naval officer promoted from the lower deck to become an M.P. Born in 1891, he joined the Navy as a seaman boy in 1907. In the 1914-18 war he served with the Dover Patrol and the Grand Fleet and was at the Battle of Jutland. Commissioned in 1917, he was in the Black Sea operations 1919-20 and also served in Somaliland and Mesopotamia. He was retired in 1936. A lecturer and journalist, he was first elected for East Hull in 1945.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds North East Constituency – Biography of Bidgood

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds North East Constituency – Biography of Bidgood

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leeds North East

    CANDIDATE : Bidgood

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. C. Bidgood was born in London in 1914 and is a steel constructional engineer and export agent. He was educated at Dulwich College and Oxford. He joined the R.A.F. in 1939 and later was seconded for constructional work on aerodromes and Mulberry harbours. He is a member of the Institute of Export and of Leeds City Council.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds West Constituency – Biography of Mather

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds West Constituency – Biography of Mather

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leeds West

    CANDIDATE : Mather

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. B. Mather, who reduced the Labour majority in West Leeds by 10,000 at the by-election in July, 1949, was born in Leeds in 1914. Ed ucated at Leeds University, he became a schoolmaster, but left that profession to enter the family beer and wine business. During the war he worked for the Admiralty on research into magnetic and acoustic mines.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leigh Constituency – Biography of Whiteley

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leigh Constituency – Biography of Whiteley

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leigh

    CANDIDATE : Whiteley

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. W. Whiteley, a barrister, is in the unusual position of being a member of two councils—Salford City and Prestwich Borough. Born in 1903, he is a partner in a firm of electrical engineers and contractors. He is also chairman of a Salford motor company. He is associated with Salford Royal Hospital, and is a past chairman of the Lancashire Fusiliers Cadet Welfare Committee.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Kirkdale Constituency – Biography of Keenan

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Kirkdale Constituency – Biography of Keenan

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Kirkdale

    CANDIDATE : Keenan

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. Keenan is an alderman and ex-mayor of Bootle, and has long been connected with the trade union movement, first with the National Union of Railwaymen and later with the Transport and General Workers’ Union. He has been the member for Kirkdale since 1945. He joined the Labour Party in 1920.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool West Derby Constituency – Biography of Kirby

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool West Derby Constituency – Biography of Kirby

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool West Derby

    CANDIDATE : Kirby

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. B. V. Kirby represented the Everton division from 1935 until it disappeared in the redistribution. He served for five years in the 1914-18 war and was awarded the D.C.M. Now 62 years of age, he has been for many years a leading personality in the Liverpool Labour Party.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Exchange Constituency – Biography of Griffiths

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Exchange Constituency – Biography of Griffiths

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Exchange

    CANDIDATE : Griffiths

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. D. Griffiths, who won Moss Side from the Conservatives in 1945, is a consulting ophthalmic optician in Wythenshawe. Born in 1912, he was educated at an elementary school and privately. He served over three years in the Middle East and was with the 8th Army at El Alamein. He is chairman of the Manchester branch of the Socialist Medical Association.

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