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 : Shipley

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Creech Jones, 59, has been Secretary of State for the Colonies fro? 1946, and previously was Under-Secretary for the Colonies. He won Shipley in 1935, and from 1940 to 1945 was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr. Bevin. From 1923 to 1930 he was an official of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, and has been organizing secretary of the Workers’ Travel Association. He is a governor of Ruskin College and vice-chairman of the British Institute of Adult Education.

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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 : Cardiff South East

CANDIDATE : Callaghan

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. J. Callaghan was elected for Cardiff South in 1945 and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport in 1947. He was born in 1912. A member of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation since 1929, he was from 1936 until recently assistant secretary. At the outbreak of war he joined the Navy as an able seaman and was later promoted lieutenant, R.N.V.R. He has visited the West African colonies and Russia, and was chairman of the Defence and Services Committee of the Parliamentary Labour Party, 1945-47.

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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 : Rhondda West

CANDIDATE : Driscoll

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Driscoll, at 24, is the youngest Conservative candidate in Wales. After the war he studied at Cardiff University, and graduated last year in economics. He served in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and the Indian Army during the war. Since 1946 Mr. Driscoll has been closely associated with the growth of the Young Conservative movement.

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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 : Conway

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. E. Jones is the son of a Welsh Methodist minister and was born in 1905. He is a graduate of the University College of North Wales and of University College, London, and has an arts degree as well as being a bachelor of laws. He is town clerk of Bangor and a member of the Caernarvonshire County Council.

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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 : Wrexham

CANDIDATE : Lewis

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. H. M. Lewis is a son of Sir H. Lewis, who sat in Parliament for more than 30 years as Liberal member for Flintshire and later, the University of Wales. Aged 48, Dr. Lewis graduated with first-class honours at Edinburgh and London, served in the war in Belgium, Holland, and Germany, and since 1946 has been a lecturer in biology.

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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 : Gower

CANDIDATE : Grenfell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. David Grenfell, born in 1881, went to work underground as a miner at the age of 12 and continued until lie was 35. He was appointed a miners’ agent in 1916, was first elected as member for Gower in 1922, and has represented the division since. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Safety in Mines in 1936, and was Secretary for Mines from 1940 to 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 : Merionethshire

CANDIDATE : Evans

PARTY : Welsh Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Evans was trained as a lawyer and is a farmer and market gardener in the Towy Valley. He is a member of Caernarvon County Council and of the Court of the University of Wales. He was a founder member of the New Wales Union and of the Advisory Committee of the B.B.C. in Wales. He has been president of the Welsh Nationalist Party since 1945.

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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 : Pembrokeshire

CANDIDATE : Lloyd-George

PARTY : L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. Gwilym Lloyd-George, a son of the late Earl Lloyd-George, has, except for the period 1924-29, represented the constituency since 1922. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in 1931 and in ]939 to 1941, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food in 1941-42. From then until the General Election of 1945 he was Minister of Fuel and Power. He was born in 1894 and educated at Eastbourne College and Jesus College, Cambridge.

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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 : Dundee West

CANDIDATE : Canning

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. J. Canning is the director of a firm of confectionery manufacturers. He unsuccessfully contested a by-election at South Bradford as an Independent Liberal. He was nominated after the former prospective Liberal candidate for West Dundee had withdrawn.

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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 : Edinburgh North

CANDIDATE : Crawford

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Crawford, 28 years of age, is a journalist specializing in dramatic criticism. He was torpedoed in a merchant ship during the war, and assisted to navigate a boat 500 miles to Trinidad. Later he transferred to the Royal Navy. He is a linguist and assisted behind the scenes at the Edinburgh Festival.

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