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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Romford Constituency – Biography of Lockwood

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Romford Constituency – Biography of Lockwood

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Romford

    CANDIDATE : Lockwood

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Lt.-Col. J. C. Lockwood was M.P. for Central Hackney, 1931-35. He was unsuccessful at a by-election at Bexley in 1946. He is a barrister. In the first world war he served with The Essex Regiment and the Coldstream Guards, and was legal adviser to Shaef in the second. He is treasurer of the R.S.P.C.A., and a member of the Diocesan Finance Committee and of the London-over-the-Border Committee.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : St Helens Constituency – Biography of Hall-Davis

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : St Helens Constituency – Biography of Hall-Davis

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : St Helens

    CANDIDATE : Hall-Davis

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. G. F. Hall-Davis, head brewer and a director of a Burnley brewery, was born in Bolton in 1924. He served in the Royal Artillery during the last war. He has filled many offices in the Young Conservative movement, and was vice-chairman of its national committee from 1946 to 1948. He is area chairman of the committee for Lancashire, Cheshire and Westmorland, and has served on the executive of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations since 1946.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sheffield Heeley Constituency – Biography of Roberts

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sheffield Heeley Constituency – Biography of Roberts

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Sheffield Heeley

    CANDIDATE : Roberts

    PARTY : C. & L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Maj. Peter Roberts was elected member for the Ecclesall division of Sheffield in 1945, following in the footsteps of his father, Sir Samuel Roberts, and his grandfather. He was born in 1912 and educated at Harrow and Cambridge. Called to the Bar in 1935, he practised until 1939, when he joined the Cold-stream Guards and served througho?t the war. Engaged in industry in the Sheffield district, he is interested in industrial problems, especially in the coal industry, and he has been joint secretary of the Con-servatiye Parliamentary Fuel and Power Committee.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Southall Constituency – Biography of Purton

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Southall Constituency – Biography of Purton

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Southall

    CANDIDATE : Purton

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. A. Purton was educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School and at Oxford and served six years in the Army, in which he rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and gained the Military Cross. He is a teacher in Pinner County Grammar School.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Southport Constituency – Biography of Hudson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Southport Constituency – Biography of Hudson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Southport

    CANDIDATE : Hudson

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. R. S. Hudson, who has represented Southport since 1931—he was M.P. for Whitehaven, 1924-29 — held many Ministerial appointments and was Minister of Agriculture from 1940 to 1945. He was born in 1886, educated at Eton and Oxford, and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1911, resigning in 1923 to enter politics. Keenly interested in farming, he is a member of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Stoke-on-Trent Central Constituency – Biography of Stross

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Stoke-on-Trent Central Constituency – Biography of Stross

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Stoke-on-Trent Central

    CANDIDATE : Stross

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Dr. B. Stross, aged 51, who was elected for Hanley in 1945, is an expert on industrial diseases and medical adviser to the North Staffordshire Miners’ Federation and the National Society of Pottery Workers. He founded the ” Lidice Shall Live ” movement, for which he was decorated with the Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sutton and Cheam Constituency – Biography of Marshall

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sutton and Cheam Constituency – Biography of Marshall

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Sutton and Cheam

    CANDIDATE : Marshall

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. S. H. Marshall, M.P. for the division since 1945, has been for many years prominent in local government and educational affairs in Surrey. He was charter mayor of Sutton and Cheam in 1934 and coronation mayor in 1936. A member of the Surrey County Council since 1931, he became its chairman in 1947, and also served from 1941 to 1944 as chairman of the Surrey Education Committee. He parted with a large share of his business interests in 1925, but remains chairman or director of several companies.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Twickenham Constituency – Biography of Forwood

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Twickenham Constituency – Biography of Forwood

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Twickenham

    CANDIDATE : Forwood

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. D. A. Forwood, executive memberTof Twickenham Liberal Association, was born in 1927, and is a teacher at Mill Hill. He joined the R.A.F. in 1945, and on demobilization in 1948, worked as Liberal agent at Epsom.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Walthamstow East Constituency – Biography of Barber

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Walthamstow East Constituency – Biography of Barber

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Walthamstow East

    CANDIDATE : Barber

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. D. H. Barber is a publisher and author. Born in 1907, he was in early life a bank clerk. He served in the war with the Royal Engineers and the Africa Pioneer Corps, and was demobilized with the rank of captain.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wembley North Constituency – Biography of Bullus

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wembley North Constituency – Biography of Bullus

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wembley North

    CANDIDATE : Bullus

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. E. Bullus, born in 1906 and educated at Leeds University, is a journalist. He entered Leeds City Coun- * cil at the age of 23, -,gm *ZSF ;r and served until joining the R.A.F.V.R. in 1940. During the war he served on Lord Mount-batten’s staff in South-East Asia. He is secretary of the London Municipal Society and a member of Harrow Urban District Council.

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