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 : 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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 : Birkenhead

CANDIDATE : Green

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. R. Green, a Liverpool solicitor, is hon. secretary of the Birkenhead Liberal Association. Born in 1910, he was educated tat Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He served as >n artillery officer in North Africa and Italy.

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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 : Birmingham Handsworth

CANDIDATE : Eades

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. W. Eades, aged 30, was born in the division and went to Solihull School. He is secretary of a company manufacturing hydraulic presses. He served in the South Staffordshire Regiment in the war, and was at Dunkirk and in Africa. He was demobilized with the rank of captain. He has contributed articles to the Press on political and economic subjects.

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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 : Birmingham Sparkbrook

CANDIDATE : Shurmer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. L. E. Shurmer, who was born in Cheltenham in 1890, went into the Merchant Service on leaving school at the age of 13. Marrying early, he forsook the sea, and after a variety of jobs was in the Post Office Engineering Department for a number of years. In 1921, he first became a member of the Birmingham City Council, and still serves on it. In 1945 he captured Sparkbrook from Mr. L. S. Amery.

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