CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Fulham East
CANDIDATE : Jacoby
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. F. Jacoby, born in 1887, is a retired io!t manager- He was commissioned in the 1*14-18 war and won the M.C. In the last war he served in the Home Guard and was commander of the Hyde Park Defences.
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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 : Hammersmith South
CANDIDATE : Williams
PARTY : Co-op and Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. T. Williams, who won the seat at a by-election in 1949, was born in 1915, the son of a South Wa?es minair. He gained scholarships to the University of Wales, and is M.A.(Oxon), B.D.(Wales), and Ll.B. (London). He is a Baptist minister, and has been bursar, and tutor at Manchester College, Oxford, and chaplain and welfare officer at a camp for returned R.A.F. war prisoners.
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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 : Islington South West
CANDIDATE : Evans
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. Evans was elected member for West Islington in a by-election in 1947. Born in 1903, he became a master engraver and has been a member of the Goldsmiths’, Jewellers’ and Allied Trades Society since 1925. He has served on the Islington Borough Council and the London County Council, and has taken a special interest in questions affecting local government and trade and industry.
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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 : Lambeth Norwood
CANDIDATE : Fredericke
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. Fredericke, aged 26, is a free lance journalist and an art expert and picture dealer. He resigned from the Conservative Party after the 1949 Conference, and is a member of the executive of the Chelsea Liberal Association. He served with the R.A.F. during the war as an air crew cadet.
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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 : Paddington North
CANDIDATE : Turner
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. Lawrence Turner is 42 and was educated at Radley College. He is managing director of a trust company, and director of a family paint business. During the war he served in the ranks and was later commissioned. After being captured in Siam he lectured on politics to prisoners of war.
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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 : St Pancras North
CANDIDATE : Whitton
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. P. W. C. Whitton, a senior partner in a London firm of solicitors, was born 34 years ago in Highgate. He was educated at Highgate School and London University. During the war he became a troop commander in a regiment of field artillery, serving in North-West Lurope, and was awarded the Military Cross. He is interested in youth work and is chairman of the Management Committee of the Aldenham Boys’ Club, Highgate.
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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 : Stoke Newington and Hackney North
CANDIDATE : Phillips
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. P. Phillips was born in 1920 and was educated at Upton House School, Hackney He is a surveyor, and a member of an Islington firm. He is a member of the Faculty of Surveyors and of the Valuers Association. For three years he has been secretary of North Hackney Liberal Association.
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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 : Woolwich East
CANDIDATE : Campbell
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. Campbell, a barrister, was born in 1918 and educated at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford. In the war he rose from the ranks to major, and served with the Chindits in Burma. He is on the executive of St. George’s, Westminster, Conservative Association. He is a bachelor, and 6ft. 8in. tall.
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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 : Altrincham and Sale
CANDIDATE : Bayley
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. L. G. Bayley is a 27-year-old Manchester University student reading commerce. He comes from an old Liberal family, “is grandfather having been Liberal M.P. for North Camberwell. On the Liberal Party Council he represents Manchester University and he is chairman of the Students’ Liberal Society.
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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 : Batley and Morley
CANDIDATE : Broughton
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Dr. A. D. D. Broughton, who was elected at a by-election in February, 1949, is a member of a iamily of doctors practising in Batley for 70 years. He completed his education at Rossal and Downing College, Cambridge. During the war he was engaged in civil defence work before entering the medical wanch of the R.A.F. A former member of Batley Town Council, he
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