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 : Neath

CANDIDATE : Hope

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. C. Hope, born in 1909, won a scholarship to Swansea Grammar School and entered a ship repairing firm as an office boy. He is now storekeeper for the firm, and secretary of the workers’ welfare club. He is also secretary of Mumbles Conservative Association and vice-chairman of Swansea West Conservative 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 : Bedwellty

CANDIDATE : Finch

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. J. Finch, who is 51, is compensation secretary of the South Wales area of the National Union of Mine-workers, in whose interests he has worked for 30 years. He was a member of the 1943 advisory committee on rehabilitation (pneumo-coniosis) of coal miners in South Wales. Regarded as an expert on miners’ occupational diseases, he is a co-opted member of the social insurance committee of the T.U.C.

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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 : Aberdeen North

CANDIDATE : Wilson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. G. Wilson, unsuccessful in the Hillhead division of Glasgow in the 1945 election, has been a member of the executive of the Liberal Party for some years. An Edinburgh advocate, he is strongly in favour of reform of electoral procedure by the use of proportional representation.

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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 : Edinburgh Central

CANDIDATE : Gilzean

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Gilzean, a retired printer, aged 71, won the seat in 1945. He served on Edinburgh Town Council for 21 years as a leading member of the Labour Party, and gave much time to housing and slum clearance and is a deputy lieutenant of the city. Wounded in the 1914-18 war, he undertook duties on the local war pensions committee.

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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 : Edinburgh Pentlands

CANDIDATE : Hope

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Lord John Hope, member for the old North Midlothian and Peebles division, is 35 and younger twin son of the Marquess of Linlith-gow. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he served in the war at Narvik, Salerno, and Cassino, and was on the planning staff for the Anzio landing. He was twice mentioned in dispatches and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Scots Guards.

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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 : Glasgow Central

CANDIDATE : McInnes

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. McInnes is leader of the Labour group in Glasgow Corporation, of which he has been a member since 1933. Formerly in the railway service, he later started in business as a retail tobacconist. He was commandant of the National Fire Service in Glasgow and adjacent counties during the 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 : Glasgow Kelvingrove

CANDIDATE : Ranger

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. J. Ranger is a Glasgow business man who lives in the division and has taken a keen interest in political affairs locally.

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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 : Glasgow Springburn

CANDIDATE : Forman

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. C. Forman, an insurance agent, was born in 1884 and had a secondary school education. He was a member of Glasgow Town Council for 18 years until he became M.P. for Spring-burn in 1945. He is chairman of Glasgow Cooperative Conference Association and has been active in the Co-operative movement for 40 years.

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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 : Paisley

CANDIDATE : Johnston

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. H. Johnston, K.C., appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1947, two days after becoming a K.C., did not enter Parliament until the next year, when he won Paisley at a by-election. Born in 1907, he was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh Universities and called to the English Bar in 1931 and to the Scottish Bar a year later. He is an authority on the Workmen’s Compensation Acts. In the last war he served with the 51st Division as a lieutenant-colonel.

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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 : South Angus

CANDIDATE : Duncan

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. J. A. L. Duncan was Conservative M.P. for North Kensington from 1931 to 1945. For several years he was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Leslie Burgin as Minister of Transport and Minister of Supply. He was a member of the L.C.C. from 1925 to 1928. Educated at Marl borough, he served in both wars with the Scots Guards. He is aged 50.

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