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 : Oldbury and Halesowen

CANDIDATE : Moyle

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Moyle, who is 56, received part of his education at Fircroft College, Birmingham. He was at one time secretary of Shrewsbury Building Trades Federation. In 1945 he won the Stour-bridge division from the Conservatives, and in the last Parliament was Parliamentary private secretary to the Prime Minister. He was a member of the Rushcliffe Committee on nurses’conditions and salaries, and is a member of the T.U.C. Advisory Committee. He is a trade union official.

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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 : Plymouth Devonport

CANDIDATE : Du Cann

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. C. Cann, a commercial traveller in canned goods and food, was born in Plymouth in 1902 and educated there. He has been active in local government affairs. A convert from the Conservative Party, he is chairman of Falmouth and Camborne Liberal Association, and an amateur actor and playwright.

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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 West

CANDIDATE : Swanton

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Swanton, 27, was born at Portsea, Portsmouth and is a tool maker. He joined the Communist Party in 1942 and is a member of the Hants, Dorset, and district committee of the party. He has been an A.E.U. shop steward, and is chairman of the A.E.U. branch at Copnor, Portsmouth. He stood as Communist candidate for the Portsmouth City Council in 1949 and was defeated.

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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 : Richmond

CANDIDATE : Watt

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir George Harvie Watt, K.C., has been M.P. for Richmond since 1937, and represented Keighley 1931-35. During the war he was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Churchill. He was a member of Kensington Borourfr Council from 1934 to 1945, and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey in 1942. He was educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1930, practising in London and on the N.E. Circuit. He is actively interested in the Territorial Army and is a director in several companies. He was given a baronetcy 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 : Rotherham

CANDIDATE : Foster

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. M. Foster, aged 55, was for 17 years a school teacher. Until two years ago she had been national propaganda officer of the Old Age Pensioners’ Association. She is chairman of Rotherham Women’s Liberal Association and of the Independent Traders’ Alliance.

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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 Attercliffe

CANDIDATE : Hynd

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. B. Hynd, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is 48, and was a railway clerk before being returned unopposed in 1944. He speaks several languages, and during the war regularly broadcast to Germany, France, and Italy. From 1945 to 1947 he had Ministerial responsibility for the British side of the Control Commission in Germany and Austria, and from April to October, 1947, he was Minister of Pensions.

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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 Park

CANDIDATE : Mulley

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Mulley, 31, joined the Labour Party and the National Union of Clerks in 1936. He served in The Worcestershire Regiment during the war and spent fiye years in captivity in Germany. He passed various examinations and was awarded an adult scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, and took first class honours in philosophy, politics, and economics. He was awarded a research studentship at Nuffield College, Oxford, and is a Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge. He contested the Park Division as an official nominee of the Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union.

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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 : Southend East

CANDIDATE : Minney

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. J. Minney, aged 52, a former journalist, is engaged in the film industry as a producer. He is a member of the Fabian Society, and a lecturer for the Labour Party on film publicity.

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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 : Stockport North

CANDIDATE : Watson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. M. Watson, a member of Stockport Town Council since 1945, is 51, and is general secretary of the Lancashire Community Council and N.W. Regional Officer of the National Council of Social Service. He has been closely associated with social service and youth movements, and is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He is a former president of Stalybridge and Hyde Labour 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 : Stretford

CANDIDATE : Austin

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. L. Austin represented the division from 1945 until the dissolution. Born in 1911, he started work at the age of 11 as a carpenter and became works manager and later a director of an aircraft factory. He joined the Royal Navy in 1943 and served on the staff at Fleet Air Arm headquarters. In the House of Commons he has served on Labour Party Committees for Defence and the Services.

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