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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Birmingham Edgbaston Constituency – Biography of Bennett

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Birmingham Edgbaston Constituency – Biography of Bennett

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Birmingham Edgbaston

    CANDIDATE : Bennett

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Sir Peter Bennett, the head of one of the largest Birmingham manufacturing concerns, succeeded Mr. Neville Chamberlain as M.P. for the division in 1940. He is 70. He represented the British motor industry at the Imperial Conference at Ottawa in 1932; and in 1938 became a member of the panel of industrial advisers to the Prime Minister. During the war he was, first, Director-General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply, and, later, Director of the Emergency Services Organization, Ministry of Aircraft Production, and Chairman of the Automatic Gun Board.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Birmingham Northfield Constituency – Biography of Etheridge

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Birmingham Northfield Constituency – Biography of Etheridge

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Birmingham Northfield

    CANDIDATE : Etheridge

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. R. Etheridge, a Halesowen man, was born 38 years ago. Since his appreticeship to engineering he has been an energetic Labour leader. Secretary of the local Labour Party and the Halesowen Trades Council for some years, he was three times a Labour municipal candidate before joining the Communist Party. A district committee member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, he has served on many trade union committees.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Birmingham Yardley Constituency – Biography of Falconer

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Birmingham Yardley Constituency – Biography of Falconer

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Birmingham Yardley

    CANDIDATE : Falconer

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. Falconer is a Scotsman and was born in 1909. When he was 20 he emigrated to Canada, where he remained until 1933. In the following year he joined the Communist 1arty. He is chairman of his branch of the transport and General Workers’ Union and also of the Shop Stewards’ Committee. He served for five years during the war.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bolton West Constituency – Biography of Lewis

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bolton West Constituency – Biography of Lewis

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bolton West

    CANDIDATE : Lewis

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. Lewis was one oi the two Labour M.P.s returned for Bolton in •945. He is a rubber technologist and the inventor of a number of Processes for substitute materials which were widely used during the H war. A steward of the | tfoxmg Board of Control, he has always been interested in sport, especially boxing. He is 37.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bradford East Constituency – Biography of Greenbank

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bradford East Constituency – Biography of Greenbank

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bradford East

    CANDIDATE : Greenbank

    PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. G. F. Greenbank is production executive for a Bradford firm of colour printers. He was educated in Suffolk and Hampshire with a view to entering the teaching profession. Last year he won a seat on the city council. He is active in the local sea cadets. In the war he rose to the rank of major.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Brighton Kemptown Constituency – Biography of Huddart

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Brighton Kemptown Constituency – Biography of Huddart

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Brighton Kemptown

    CANDIDATE : Huddart

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. T. Huddart, aged 38, is a school-piaster. A native of North Shields, he joined the Merchant Service and has a second mate’s certificate. Leaving the sea he became a teacher and entered the service of the Brighton Education Committee. During the war he served on the Northern Patrol, in Norway and at Cherbourg. He was at Singapore, where he made a last-minute escape in a dinghy. In East Africa later he was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bristol South Constituency – Biography of Kay

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bristol South Constituency – Biography of Kay

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bristol South

    CANDIDATE : Kay

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Dr. E. D. Kay was educated in London and graduated at King’s College, London University. Beginning his medical studies in 1938, he qualified at Westminster Hospital in 1945. He was a member of the council of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1948, when he began his military service, some of which was at Aden.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bury and Radcliffe Constituency – Biography of Owen

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bury and Radcliffe Constituency – Biography of Owen

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bury and Radcliffe

    CANDIDATE : Owen

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. Owen is a regional organizer for the National Council of Labour Colleges, and was originally an engineer. He is a specialist in history and economics, and takes a great interest in questions affecting increasing productivity and promoting workers’ control in industry.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Coventry East Constituency – Biography of Meek

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Coventry East Constituency – Biography of Meek

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Coventry East

    CANDIDATE : Meek

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. T. B. Meek, born in 1921, was the youngest of the nine candidates contesting Coventry’s three seats. Educated at Oxford, he served with the R.A.F. as pilot, and is a personnel manager.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Croydon North Constituency – Biography of Prentice

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Croydon North Constituency – Biography of Prentice

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Croydon North

    CANDIDATE : Prentice

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. R. E. Prentice, a 26-year-old student of economics and political science, was in the Royal Artillery during the war with the rank ot captain, and served in North Africa and jtaly. Afterwards he resumed his studies at London University. He was married in 1948. «e is a member of Croydon Borough Council.

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