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 : Woking

CANDIDATE : Watkinson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Watkinson, 40, was educated at King’s College, London. An engineer, he is director of a machine tool company. He was engaged for three years in technical journalism and publishing, and served for six years with the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant-commander. He was recently appointed chairman of a committee set up to increase efficiency in the machine tool industry.

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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 : Chichester

CANDIDATE : Joynson-Hicks

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. W. Joynson-Hicks, second son of the first Viscount Brentford, was born in 1902 and is senior partner in a firm of solicitors. Educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, he served from 1939 to 1945 with the Royal Navy and reached the rank of Lt.-C?dr. He was first elected to Parliament in 1942.

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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 : Stratford-on-Avon

CANDIDATE : Seaborne

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. S. Seaborne, aged 52, is director of an engineering firm at Solihull. He served in France in the first world war, after which he studied engineering abroad. During the last war he was plant adviser to the Ministry of Works, and is a founder member and general secretary of the Institution of Incorporated Plant Engineers.

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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 : Salisbury

CANDIDATE : Case

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. A. J. Case, a smallholder, has been connected with the Labour and trade union movements for more than 30 years. Co-opted an alderman of the Wiltshire County Council, he is also a member of the Central Wages Board. Born in 1894, he was educated in a village elementary school.

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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 : Beverley

CANDIDATE : Freemantle

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. S. Freemantle is a chartered secretary and accountant in Hull and Bridling-ton. Educated at Doncaster Grammar School, he served in the war in the Royal Armoured Corps and The Green Howards, rising to the rank of major and holding various staff appointments.

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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 : Thirsk and Malton

CANDIDATE : Aldam

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Aldam is 60, and was educated at Ta?caster Grammar School and Ruskin College, Oxford. He is a former lecturer in economics, and up to 1946 was a headquarters inspector of the L.N.E.R. A specialist on transport problems and trade union matters, he is one of the founders of the trade union movement among agricultural workers.

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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 : Hemsworth

CANDIDATE : Asquith

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss J. Asquith, aged 30, took an economics degree at Oxford, where she was secretary of the University Conservative Association. She served in the A.T.S. in the war and received a commission.

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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 : Skipton

CANDIDATE : Greenwood

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. A. Greenwood was born at Dews-bury in 1910 and is a barrister practising on the North-Eastern circuit. During the early part of his career he qualified as an incorporated accountant. He is a director of several Dews-bury firms as well as of a Bradford woollen manufacturing concern. He is a keen musician.

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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 : Merthyr Tydfil

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. O. Davies has been Labour M.P. for Merthyr since 1934, and was a miner when he took a B.A. degree at the University of Wales. Later he was a check-weighman, miners’ agent at Dowlais, and a member for nine years of the Miners’ Federation executive. He is also a former vice-president of the South Wales Miners’ Federation. A tnember of Merthyr Corporation until he resigned last year, he was mayor in 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 : Swansea West

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Lewis Jones was member for the division from 1931 until his defeat in 1945. He has been secretary of the South Wales Siemens Steel Association, and represented Wales on the National Health Insurance Joint Committee.

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