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 : Leeds Central

CANDIDATE : Porter

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Porter, a native of Liverpool, won the seat from National Labour in 1945. He is a joiner, and a member of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. A vice-chairman of the Liverpool Trades Council, he has been for over 30 years prominent in the trade union movement. He was engaged with the Ministry of Labour 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 : Leeds South East

CANDIDATE : Milner

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. James Milner, Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy-Speaker of the House of Commons from March, 1943, till June, 1945, and again since September, 1945, was born in 1889 and is a Leeds solicitor. Educated at Leeds University, he was elected for South-East Leeds in 1929 and has been returned ever since. He was a major in the 1914-18 war and was wounded. For his services he was awarded the M.C. and bar. Deputy Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1928, he has also been chairman of the Leeds Labour Party and president of Leeds Law Society. He is a Privy Councillor and deputy-li;utenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. For 4£ years he has been chairman of the British group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and led the British delegation to Ceylon, presenting the Speaker’s Chair and Mace there.

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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 South West

CANDIDATE : Bowden

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. W. Bowden, aged 44, is the retiring member for the former South Leicester division, which he won in 1945. He lives in Leicester, and in 1938 was elected to the Leicester City Council, but resigned on his election to Parliament. He was in the R.A.F. during the war, and was commissioned in administrative duties. He was appointed an assistant Whip in February, 1949.

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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 : Liverpool Exchange

CANDIDATE : Cleather

PARTY : Ind. Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. G. Cleather, who has been in the insurance business for 20 years, is standing in opposition to the Labour Party programme for the mutualization of the insurance business. He is also opposed to nationalization in general. Forty years of age, he has lived in Liverpool for the last four 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 : Liverpool Wavertree

CANDIDATE : Tilney

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. D. Tilney was adopted for the reconstituted Wavertree division in 1948, the sitting member, Mr. V. Raikes, moving to Garston. Born in 1907 Mr. Tilney has for 17 years been a member of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, of which his great-grandfather was a founder. He is associated with many business and charitable organizations in the city and is a lieutenant-colonel in the Territorials.

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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 : Manchester Cheetham

CANDIDATE : McManus

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. McManus, a retired provision merchant, has been a member of Manchester City Council since 1929 and an alderman since 1944. He was born in 1887, and after receiving an elementary school education in Ireland he went to Manchester at the age of 30. He is vice-chairman of the Manchester area council of the Anti-Partition League.

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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 : Manchester Withington

CANDIDATE : Behrens

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. F. Behrens, a Manchester shipper and merchant, is vice-president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and vice-chairman of the U.N.A. general council in Britain. Born in 1890 and educated at Rugby and Manchester University, he is a member of the Liberal Party’s national council. In the 1914-18 war he served with the Serbian Relief Fund at Salonika. He has been president of the Standing Joint Com-mittee of the Combined English Universities.

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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 : Mitcham

CANDIDATE : Braddock

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Braddock, aged 62, was elected in 1945, when he won the seat from the Conservatives. He is an architect, and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Grissell Gold Medalist of the R.I.B.A., and holder of the silver and bronze medals of the London Architectural Association. He was formerly a member of the Surrey County Council and the Wimbledon Borough Council. He joined the Socialist movement when he was 18, and is a founder member of the Labour Party.

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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 : Newcastle upon Tyne West

CANDIDATE : Pain

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. E. Pain was born in Sunderland 39 years ago and was educated at Bede Collegiate School and Sunderland Technical College for Civil Engineering. Later he entered accountancy and is now a staff supervisor with an assurance company. He served in the R.A.F. during the war, but was invalided out. He was elected to Newcastle City Council in 1946 and has taken an active part in trade union work.

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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 : Nottingham North West

CANDIDATE : O’Brien

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Tom O’Brien, aged 50, is general secretary of the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees and member of the T.U.C. Council. Born in 1900 and educated at St. Mary’s School, Llanelly, he started work as an errand boy and overstated his age to join the Army in 1915. He is a member of the Cinematograph Films Council, and president of the Federation of Theatre Unions and of the Film Industry Employees Council.

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