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 : Saffron Walden

CANDIDATE : Smedley

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. O. Smedley started work as a stores clerk in a Paris factory and is now partner in a firm of chartered accountants. A Rugby player and Belsize Club boxer, he served with the Royal Artillery through the war in the Middle East and Sicily, and landed in Normandy on D Day. He was twice wounded and won the M.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 : Gloucestershire West

CANDIDATE : Boston

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. F. Boston, who was born in 1921, was at Wellington College, and from 1939 to 1943 he served in the Army and was a Southern Command staff officer. He returned to Clare College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree, and then became a lecturer on constitutional history and economics at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and has recently taken a post as a master at Clifton College, Bristol. He is a former president of the Cambridge Union, and was secretary of the cricket club.

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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 : Hereford

CANDIDATE : Pigott

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Pigott is mayor of Hereford and has taken an active part in local government, having been a member of the city council since 1932, and has done much work in connexion with housing. He is chairman of Hereford Labour Party and secretary of the divisional party. He was born in Scotland in 1900, attended Glasgow Academy, and later went to Ruskin College. He is a medical herbalist.

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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 : Hitchin

CANDIDATE : Haigh

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. S. Haigh, aged 47, is director of a Bond Street firm of brokers, and one of the founders of Westminster Chamber of Commerce. He is chairman of Finchley 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 : Chislehurst

CANDIDATE : Hornsby-Smith

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss Pat Hornsby-Smith became Conservative candidate for th; division in 1946. Aged 35, she was secretary to the Earl of Selborne when he was Minister for Economic Warfare from 1941 to 1945. Beginning her political career in the old Junior Imperial League, she later took an active part in the Young Conservative movement and has been prominent in other sections of the Conservative organization.

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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 : Isle of Thanet

CANDIDATE : Carson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Carson, born 1920, is a son of the late Lord Carson. After being educated at Eton and Cambridge, and passing through Sandhurst, he obtained a commission in the Life Guards and served in Syria, Italy, and Germany. He had intended to follow his father as a lawyer, but the war interrupted his studies and he entered Parliament in 1945 as member for this division.

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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 : Chorley

CANDIDATE : Kenyon

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Kenyon, a farmer near Rossendale, was born in 1896 and made his way from an elementary school to Manchester University. For many years a member of Rawtenstall Town Council, he was mayor from 1938 to 1942 and chairman of the education committee for 12 years. For 10 years he was in charge of Hollinwood (Oldham) Baptist Church and is a well-known local preacher.

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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 : Huyton

CANDIDATE : Smart

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Smart, aged 49, and a catering contractor in Liverpool, served through the 1914-18 war with the Royal Artillery, which he had joined as a trumpeter at the age of 15. In the second world war he was chief welfare officer for the Ministry of Aircraft Production and assistant labour officer for the Air Ministry. He was elected to the Liverpool City Council in 1947 and is a member of its children committee, and has been election agent in the Edge Hill division of Liverpool.

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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 : North Fylde

CANDIDATE : Stanley

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. R. Stanley is grandson of the late Earl of Derby, brother of the present earl, and son of the late Lord Stanley who sat for the Fylde division from 1922 to 1938. Aged 29, he was educated at Eton and after service in the war joined the staff of the Conservative Central office. He is chairman of Lancashire and Cheshire Federation of Boys’ Clubs and president of the Royal Lancashire Show.

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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 : Harborough

CANDIDATE : Attewell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. C. Attewell, an official of the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives and a member of the union executive, is 55, and went to an elementary school. He was on the Middlesex County Council for nine years until 1949, and a member of the Appeals Committee for conscientious objectors. He went on a Parliamentary delegation to Austria, and is interested in food and agriculture questions. He won Harborough from the Conservatives in 1945.

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