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 : Greenock

CANDIDATE : Thomson

PARTY : Ind.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. S. Thomson, born in Greenock in 1908, is a garage proprietor and engineer in the town. He joined the Labour Party in the war and was Mr. H. McNeil’s transport officer in the 1945 General Election, but later he resigned from the Party.

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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 : Aberdeenshire West

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. R. M. Davies, a journalist, is the son of an Edinburgh Congregational minister, and graduated with honours in history at Edinburgh University, where he was president of the Liberal Club and editor of the magazine. He writes on political and social questions.

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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 : Ayrshire Central

CANDIDATE : Coleman

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. J. Coleman, a 29-year-old ex-Commando captain, comes from London. He has lived in Ayrshire since the war, and is a director of a paper-pulping firm in Glasgow. He served in the Far East during the war and is a Territorial officer.

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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 : Dumfriesshire

CANDIDATE : Macpherson

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. Niall Macpherson, who belongs to a well – known Liberal family of lnvernessshire, was born in 1908, and was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and Trinity College, Oxford. He entered a business career and became manager of a British firm in Turkey. He was commissioned in the Territorial Army in the last war and went on a military mission to Madagascar.

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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 : Inverness

CANDIDATE : Bannerman

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. M. Bannerman contested Argyll in the 1945 election. Educated at Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford, he holds a B.Sc.(Agric) degree and is now a factor and farmer. He has captained Scotland and Rugby and is known throughout the Highlands as a Gaelic singer. He was born in 1901.

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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 : Motherwell

CANDIDATE : McIntyre

PARTY : Scot. Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. R. D. McIntyre lost the seat to Labour in 1945 after having had the distinction of being the first Scottish Nationalist M.P. He was a member for only 32 days. A native of Motherwell and son of a former local minister, he was educated at Hamilton Academy, Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University. He is chairman of the Scottish Nationalist Party.

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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 : Kinross and West Perthshire

CANDIDATE : Snadden

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. McN. Snadden won Kinross and Western in 1939 in a by-election from the Duchess of Atholl, who resigned from the Conservative Party and stood as an Independent. A son of the manse, he served in the 1914-18 war and from 1939-40 was Parliam?ntary private secretary to the Under-Secretary for Scotland. An extensive farmer and stock breeder in Perthshire, he has been a champion of the rights of Scottish agriculture.

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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 : Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire

CANDIDATE : Johnston

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. H. Johnston was born in Edinburgh in 1919, and was educated at the Royal High School there and at Edinburgh University. He has been in practice at the Scottish Bar since 1947. He is on the executive of the Scottish Liberal Federation and a past chairman of the Edinburgh Liberal Council. He served with the 51st Highland Division during the last war and was wounded.

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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 : Camberwell Dulwich

CANDIDATE : Vernon

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. W. F. Vernon won the seat in 1945. Born in 1882, he became an electrical and aeronautical engineer, and an engineer-lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. in the 1914-18 war. Afterwards he was a squadron-commander in the R.N.A.S. and a major in the R.A.F. Later he was a technical officer at the Air Ministry and assisted Mr. Tom Wintringham in founding the Home Guard School at Osterley Park. He is an organizer and lecturer of the Workers’ Education Association, and is an executive member of the Association of Scientific Workers.

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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 : Deptford

CANDIDATE : Miller

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Miller was born in Jamaica in 1924, and on coming to England won a scholarship – to the Royal School of Music, Kensington. Served with the R.A.F. during the last war, and is now employed in the London division of the Central Electricity Authority.

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