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 : Oswestry

CANDIDATE : Wait

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. G. Wait, a Monmouthshire farmer born 40 years ago, and educated at council and grammar schools, is founder and secretary of the British Socialist Agricultural Society. He serves on the county agricultural executive committee and is a past chairman of Pontypool branch of the National Farmers’ Union and of National Union of Agricultural Workers. He travels the country to explain Labour’s agricultural policy, and is active in Sunday school and Free Church work.

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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 : Wells

CANDIDATE : Archibald

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lady Archibald contested Bath in 1945. After securing an honours degree in history and economics at Cambridge, she became a trade boaid inspector in sweated industries, and has since travelled in Europe and America and has undertaken research work at Harvard and in Oxford. She founded a child guidance clinic in North-West London. In 1946 she was elected to the London County Council, and among other appointments is chairman of its Children Committee.

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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 : Leek

CANDIDATE : Speir

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. M. Speir, a solicitor and merchant banker with a London firm, was born in 1910, and was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Chairman of the University Conservative Association in 1931, he was chairman of the Chelsea Junior Imperial League the following year and acted as an honorary secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare when Secretary of State for India. Since 1946 he has been an officer of the City of London Conservative Association. He served in the Army during the war and became a lieutenant-colonel.

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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 : Sudbury and Woodbridge

CANDIDATE : Hare

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. H. Hare is the brother of the Earl of Listowel. He was born in 1911, spent 10 years in the United States. A member of the L.C.C. since 1937, he is the youngest alderman. His special interests are housing and agriculture. In the last war he served with the First and Eighth Armies in North Africa and received both British and U.S. decorations. He is a Suffolk 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 : Epsom

CANDIDATE : Hardie

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. M. Hardie is 38, and was educated at Oxford, where he was president of the Union. He gained his M.A. and D.Ph. degrees, winning a first-class honours in modern history. From 1937 to 1939 he was a teacher of political science at the London School of Economics and later worked for the Unemployment Assistance Board and as assistant secretary to the Royal Commission on Workmen’s Compensation. He was at the War Office during the war and is employed in a buying office of a London store.

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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 : Woking

CANDIDATE : Turner-Bridger

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. M. F. Turner-Bridger, 25, was educated at Charterhouse. During the war, serving with the Coldstream Guards, he was commissioned after six months and went to North Africa and Italy, being seriously wounded in the Salerno landing. Until 1948, he was a staff captain in the welfare department at the War Office. He is studying for the law and is treasurer of the Oxford University Liberal Club. He has also acted as Liberal organizer in South Kensington.

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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 : Horsham

CANDIDATE : Winterton

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Earl Winterton, ” Father ” of the House and M.P. for Horsham since 1904, is 66 and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He served in Gallipoli and Palestine in the 1914-18 war and has held various Ministerial appointments, including Under-Secretary of State for India and Paymaster-General. He was a member of the Cabinet from March, 1938, to January, 1939.

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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 : Sutton Coldfield

CANDIDATE : Wilson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss A. Wilson, 35 years of age, was educated at Oxford, where she was an active member of the Labour group. Keenly interested in child welfare, she gave evidence before the Curtis Committee. She is the principal of the Princess Alice Training College, Sutton Coldfield.

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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 : Salisbury

CANDIDATE : Campbell-Johnson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Campbell-Johnson was political secretary to Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of the Liberal Opposition in Parliament, from 1937 to 1940. During the war he served on the staff of Lord Mountbatten at Combined Operations Headquarters, S.E.A.C., and rejoined his staff when he became Viceroy and Governor-General of India. He is a biographer of Mr. Anthony Eden and Lord Halifax. Aged 36, he was educated at Westminster and Oxford.

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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 : Bridlington

CANDIDATE : Wood

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Wood, son of Lord Halifax, was born in 1920 and educated at Eton. Joining the Army as a private at the age of 20, he was later commissioned and served in the Middle East, where he lost both legs. In spite of his disability he drives a car and rides horseback. After leaving the Army he spent two years at Oxford, and has toured the United States. He takes an active interest in the Limbless Ex-servicemen’s Association.

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