CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Weston-super-Mare
CANDIDATE : Hill
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. M. H. Hill, a 36-year-old London barrister, is chairman of the Guild of Insurance Officials and a former chairman of Beckenham Labour Party.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Stafford and Stone
CANDIDATE : Fraser
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. H. C. P. Fraser is a son of the 14th Lord Lovat, and is 32. He was educated at the Sorbonne University, Paris, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took an honours degree in history. He was president of the Union while at Oxford. Having served with the Lovat Scouts—raised by his father—in the last war, in 1945 he entered Parliament for the Stone division.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Carshalton
CANDIDATE : Head
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Brig. A. H. Head was born in 1906 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst. Entering the Army as a career, he first joined the 15/] 9th Hussars and later transferred to The Life Guards. He served throughout the last war, being Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence, then on the staff of the Chief of Combined Operations, and later representative with the Director of Plans for Amphibious Operations. He entered Parliament in 1945 and is chairman of the Conservative Party’s subcommittee on the Army.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Esher
CANDIDATE : Chipchase
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Miss E. E. B. Chipchase, born in 1916, is a clerk in the Development and Research Office of the London Transport Executive. Since 193? she has been a member of the Railway Clerks’ Association and is the secretary of the Westminster branch. She joined the Labour Party in 1941, and was formerly a member of the T.U.C. Women’s Advisory Committee.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : East Grinstead
CANDIDATE : Clarke
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Col. R. S. Clarke has been M.P. for East Grinstead since 1936. Born in 1892, he was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. He joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1914 and served in Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine, being wounded. In 1939 he rejoined the Army and served in the Middle East and Sicily. He has extensive business interests and is a large landowner in Mid-Sussex.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Nuneaton
CANDIDATE : Spencer
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mrs. P. G. Spencer is the wife of Mr. C. G. Spencer, the National Liberal and Conservative candidate for Barnsley. A housewife, living in the division, she is 38 years of age and was trained in public affairs at the London School of Economics. At one time she was organizing secretary of the women’s branch of the City of London Conservative Association. During the war she was engaged in work for prisoners of war. She is an officer of the British Red Cross Society.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Westmorland
CANDIDATE : Acland
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. G. D. Acland comes of a well-known Liberal family. His brother is Sir Richard Acland, Labour member for Graves-end. Aged 51, he went to Grenoble University and Trinity College, Cambridge, and afterwards joined the family paper-making concern, of which he is a working director. His special interest is international affairs.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bromsgrove
CANDIDATE : Higgs
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. M. C. Higgs, born in 1912, took an honours degree in law at Birmingham University, was admitted a solicitor in 1934, and represents the third generation in the family in legal practice. He was on the staff of the Judge-Advocate-General during the war.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Cleveland
CANDIDATE : Peake
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. E. Peake, who contested the Blaydon division in the last election against the Labour Chief Whip, is a brother of Mr. O. Peake, M.P. for North Leeds. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he is a barrister. During the war he saw considerable service as an intelligence officer with the R.A.F. in the Middle East.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dearne Valley
CANDIDATE : Paling
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. Wilfred Paling, M.P. for the Wentworth division since 1933, had the largest maj-ority, 35,410, in the 1945 General Election. He had previously represented Don-caster. He was Labour deputy Chief Whip from 1935 to 1941, and successively Minister of Pensions and Postmaster-General. Born in 1883, he worked as a boy with his father at the coal face, married at 20, later studied mining at University College, Nottingham, and became a checkweighman.
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