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 : Oswestry

CANDIDATE : Ormsby-Gore

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. D. Ormsby-Gore, son and heir of Lord Harlech, aged 31, was educated at Eton and Oxford. A few years ago his father announced that he had handed over to his heir ownership of all his lands. Mr. Ormsby-Gore farms 400 acres at his Woodhill Estate, Oswestry. In the war he served in the “Phantom” reconnaissance unit and worked with airborne and other special units.

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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 : Wells

CANDIDATE : Boles

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. D. C. Boles became member for Wells in 1939, when he was returned unopposed. Born in 1885 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he served with the 17th Lancers throughout the 1914-18 war and afterwards commanded the Royal Horse Guards. While at Eton he scored 183 in the Eton-Harrow cricket match in 1904.

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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 : Leek

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Harold Davies was born in South Wales in 1904, won scholarships to a grammar school and the University of Wales, and became a teacher. For 13 years before his election for Leek in 1945 he was a lecturer in adult education. At Westminster he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Group of the Labour Party, and was also interested in agriculture and coal, as well as the social services. He has travelled in Europe, the United States, and the Far East.

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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 : Lowestoft

CANDIDATE : English

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss R. C. English is the daughter of a surgeon, Sir Crisp English, and was a nurse at Bart’s during the war before going to the War Office Intelligence Department. She was one of the founders of the Heckford Society in Shad-well and Limehouse, and is a governor of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Shad-well. She is the hon. secretary of the Westminster Liberal Party and an executive member of the London Liberal 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 : Epsom

CANDIDATE : McCorquodale

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. S. McCorquodale is 48, and was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in natural science. He is chairman of various printing companies. From 1931 to 1945 he was M.P. for the Sowerby division of Yorkshire and from 1942 to 1945 was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. In 1939 he was Parliamentary private secretary to the President of the Board of Trade. He returned to Parliament in 1947 as member for Epsom when his majority was 16,294. He served in the R.A.F. at the beginning of the last 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 : Woking

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Davies was a coalminer at Merthyr for a short period and was then a local government officer for 10 years. He is a planning officer with a London engineering firm. Joining the I.L.P. in Merthyr in 1920, from 1933 to 1935, he was at the head office. He is a member of Wembley Borough Council He was born in 1886.

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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 : Packham

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. D. Packham, a London journalist, aged 33, fought East Grinstead in 1945. A parachutist during the war, he recently resigned his commission in The Royal Sussex Regiment. Since his adoption he has helped to form many new Labour Party branches in the villages.

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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 : Sutton Coldfield

CANDIDATE : Mellor

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir John Mellor, who won the constituency in 1945, had previously sat for the Tamworth division since 1935. Born in 1893, he was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, and is a barrister of the Inner Temple. He was taken prisoner of war by the Turks at Kut in the 1914-18 war. He is a director of an assurance company.

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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 : Morrison

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. John Morrison, member for Salisbury since 1942, and son of a former M.P., has extensive agricultural estates in Wiltshire and Scotland. Born in 1906, and educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he served with the Wiltshire Yeomanry in the Middle East in the war and has also been High Sheriff of the county.

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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 : Thorley

PARTY : Ind. C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Thorley is a petty officer in the Royal Navy. Educated at Hull Grammar School, he was a lieutenant, R.N.V.R., Hum-ber division, during the war. After a period in the Merchant Navy, he was for 12 months with the Allied Control Commission, Germany.

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