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 : Manchester Clayton

CANDIDATE : Walls

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Walls, a Stockport solicitor, was born in 1892 at Moston. Articled in Birmingham, he won the medal of the Law Society and was admitted as a solicitor. In 1942 he was president of Stockport Law Society. For 17 years he has been a member of the Hazel Grove and Bramhall District Council, and was chairman in 1943. He is vice-president of the Knutsford Divisional Liberal 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 : Manchester Wythenshawe

CANDIDATE : Noble

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Noble, a chartered accountant, joined the Liberal Party last year. Born in 1911, he was secretary to a cotton mill company before joining the army. He served with the Intelligence Corps and the R.A.S.C, and spent three years in India. He is a merchant converter of cotton textiles.

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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 : Nelson and Colne

CANDIDATE : Silverman

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Sydney Silverman, who is in his early fifties, has represented the constituency since 1935. He is a native of Liverpool, and a solicitor. He won his way to the unive?sity by scholarships, and is a B.A. and LL.B. Mr. Silverman has played a prominent role in the Jewish cause, and was a contributor to many of the debates on the future of Palestine in the last Parliament.

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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 : Northampton

CANDIDATE : Agnew

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. R. L. Agnew made the Army his career, and from Rugby went to Sandhurst. He was commissioned in the 15th Hussars in 1919 and served with them until 1936. In the second world war he became second in command of his old regiment, subsequently commanded The East Riding (Yorks) Yeomanry and then transferred to the command of the 146th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, serving throughout the Burma campaign. His grandfather and uncle, both Liberals, sat in the?House of Commons.

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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 : West

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. West a native of Nottingham, is a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. During the war he was employed as an aircraft fitter, and later served three years with the Fleet Air Arm.

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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 : Oxford

CANDIDATE : Tweddle

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Tweddle, aged 39, went from Ayles-bury Grammar School to work in a bank. Commissioned in the R.A.F. during the war, he served in India, Burma, and Malaya, returning home in 1946 as a wing commander. He is the South-East England regional organizer of the United Nations 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 : Portsmouth South

CANDIDATE : Lucas

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Jocelyn Lucas has represented the division since 1939. Born in 1889, he was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. In the 1914-18 war he was wounded and taken prisoner, and was twice wounded in the second world war, in which he acted as liaison officer (welfare) with the Dominion forces. He was chairman of the Welcome Committee of the Overseas League from 1938 to 1949, founder and chairman of the Returned Prisoners of War Advice Committee, and founder and chairman of the Allies Welcome 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 : Reading North

CANDIDATE : Derrick

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Derrick, aged 34, a journalist, was educated at Douai Abbey School and at Oxford. During the war he raised the Local Defence Volunteers at Cold Ash, Berkshire, where he lives, and wrote scripts for the B.B.C. European service.

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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 : Rossendale

CANDIDATE : Backhouse

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. M. Backhouse, a barrister on the Northern Circuit, is 46, and a member of a well-known Lancashire family of lawyers. During the war he was a colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Department, was later on the D Day invasion planning staff, and was also chief prosecutor at the Belsen trials.

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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 : Salford East

CANDIDATE : Needoff

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Needoff was born in Manchester in 1907. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University, and was northern universities’ boxing champion and general athlete. Joining the family firm of clothing manufacturers, he is a director. He was a member of Manchester City Council for four years to 1945. He is a keen worker for Jewish youth organizations.

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