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 : East Ham North

CANDIDATE : Carroll

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. J. J. Carroll, is 34, has been serving in the Royal Corps of Signals in Hamburg, and was given leave to contest the election. Born in Southern Ireland, he joined the Territorial Army in 1939 and served in North Africa, Italy, Austria, Egypt, Palestine, and Germany. He was commissioned in 1941 and promoted captain the same year. He was a major in the Tank Corps 1943-48.

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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 : Enfield West

CANDIDATE : Jenkins

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. G. Jenkins attended Enfield Grammar School. During the war he served with the R.A.F., and gained the rank of Fit. Lt. Later he was attached to the Government of Burma as director of English programmes with Rangoon Radio. He is research and publicity officer of the National Union of Bank Employees.

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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 : Gillingham

CANDIDATE : Burden

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. A. Burden, who is engaged in the .y * ?’^>…. import and export busi- *§T ness, was born in 1905 hi and educated at Chelsea. During the last war he served in the R.A.F., first with a Polish unit, afterwards with Eastern 1 Air Command, and later on Lord Louis Mount-batten’s staff. He has three times previously sought to enter Parliament. He was at one time British schools boxing champion.

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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 : Harrow Central

CANDIDATE : Murrell

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. N. W. Murrell, a 33 year old schoolmaster, volunteered as a candidate after the appeal for candidates by Col. Byers, the Liberal Chief Whip. He was educated at St. Luke’s College, Exeter, and Trinity College, London, and served during the war as a captain in the Royal Artillery.

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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 : Hayes and Harlington

CANDIDATE : Lett

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. W. Lett was born in Rangoon in 1921 and is a schoolmaster in a Home Office approved school. He was formerly an accountant and youth leader. He is a federal unionist, member of the British Legion, and of numerous Roman Catholic organizations.

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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 : Hornsey

CANDIDATE : Pestell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Pestell was for 14 years a probation officer in London, and a founder member of the Marriage Guidance Council. He has lectured extensively on marriage and family problems. Born in 1910, he studied economics and social science in the University of London and later became leader of the Stoke Newington borough council and mayor of the borough, and also a member of the London County Council.

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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 : Ilford South

CANDIDATE : Kelly

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Kelly, aged 30, and the spn of a miner, is a research scientist. He left Leeds University to join the R.A.F. at the beginning of the war, but a bad crash cut short his flying career in 1941. He came to Ilford in 1943 and was soon afterwards appointed branch secretary of the Communist Party in the borough.

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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 : Kingston upon Hull North

CANDIDATE : Hudson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. R. A. Hudson, who was born in 1894, is chairman and managing director of a multiple provision stores in Hull, and of four associated companies. He is chairman of the council of the Institute of Certified Grocers. He saw service in the 1914-18 war, and was sheriff of Hull, 1946-47.

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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 : Leeds North West

CANDIDATE : Kaberry

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Kaberry, born in Leeds in 1907, is a solicitor with many public interests. First elected to Leeds City Council in 1930, he resigned at the outbreak of war to enlist in the Royal Artillery and commanded a battery at Dunkirk. He was mentioned in dispatches. In Germany after the war, as a lieutenant-colonel, he was senior legal officer and president of the military governing board at Hamburg. On demobilization he was re-elected to Leeds City Council and is still a member.

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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 : Leicester North West

CANDIDATE : Janner

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. Janner, who was born in 1892, is a solicitor. He sat in the last Parliament as member for the old West division of Leicester, which he won in 1945 from National Labour. He had been Liberal M.P. for Whitechapel from 1931 to 1935, but joined the Labour Party in 1936. He is president of the Association of Jewish Friendly Societies : chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland ; and vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

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