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 : Bodmin

CANDIDATE : Marshall

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Marshall, an insurance company director, born in 1906. has been M.P. since 1945. A former commander, R.N.V.R., he was on the staff of the Allied Naval Commander from 1944. Before the war he was at the Admiralty as banking and financial adviser to shipping.

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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 : Penrith and The Border

CANDIDATE : Roberts

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Wilfred Roberts was born in 1900, and is a son of Alderman Charles Roberts, chairman of the Cumberland County Council, and the late Lady Cecilia Roberts, a daughter of the ninth Earl of Carlisle, and was educated at Gresham School and Balliol College, Oxford. Since 1935 he had been Liberal M.P. for the former North Cumberland division. In the second world war he was commissioned in The Border Regiment, later becoming Parliamentary private secretary to Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air, and since 1947 has been chairman of the Liberal Party Press and Publicity Committee.

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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 : Ilkeston

CANDIDATE : Oliver

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. H. Oliver, K.C., has sat for the division since 1922, with the exception of the period 1931-35. From 1945 to 1947 he was Undersecretary to the Home Office. For some years he was an engineer in motor-car works in Derby and served for some years on the Derby Town Council. Called to the Bar in 1927, he took silk in 1949.

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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 : Tavistock

CANDIDATE : Studholme

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. G. Studholme first became member for Tavistock in 1942, and was a member or the L.C.C. from 1931 to 1945. During the war he was military liaison officer to the Regional Commissioner, London, during the air raids. He became a Conservative Whip in 1945. Born in 1899 and educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, he is a landowner in Devon and is interested in agriculture and forestry.

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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 : Dorset South

CANDIDATE : Hinchingbrooke

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Viscount Hinchingbrooke, heir to the Earl of Sandwich, has been M.P. for South Dorset since 1941. One of his ancestors, Baron. Montagu, was M.P. for Weymouth in 1660. On leaving Cambridge he worked for two years as a factory hand in electrical engineering and later became a director of a group of companies in that business. He went with Lord Baldwin as his private secretary to the Ottawa Conference in 1932. During the war he served as a captain with The Northamptonshire?Regiment and later held a staff appointment. He was the first chairman of the Tory Reform Committee.

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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 : Durham (City)

CANDIDATE : Grey

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Charles Grey entered Parliament in 1945 as member for the division. He was born in 1904, and worked for more than 20 years as a coal-hewer at a Durham colliery. A native of Easington, where he attended the local elementary school, Mr. Grey was a miners’ lodge official before 1945 and an Independent Methodist lay preacher. His hobby is the study of sacred music.

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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 : Billericay

CANDIDATE : Braine

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. Braine, born in 1914, is a former vice-chairman of the Junior Imperial League and from 1938 to 1945 was on the executive of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. He enlisted as a private in 1940; was commissioned in the North Staffordshire Regiment ; graduated from the Staff College, Camberley, and was appointed to the staff of Lord Mountbatten. He is a lecturer and broadcaster.

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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 : Maldon

CANDIDATE : Abernethy

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. D. Abernethy was a school master before the war, and has since toured the country lecturing on visual aids to education. During the war he served in Ceylon and India, holding staff appointments. He is a native of Essex and 36 years of age.

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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 : Stroud and Thornbury

CANDIDATE : Parkin

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. T. Parkin was returned to Parliament in 1945 as the first Labour M.P. for the Stroud division He went to Lincoln College, Oxford, and afterwards studied at Strasbourg, and up to 1945 was a teacher at Wycliffe College. During the war he served in the R.A.F. and left with the rank of flight-lieutenant. He is chairman of the trade and industry group of the Labour 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 : Winchester

CANDIDATE : Smithers

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. H. B. Smithers, a barrister of 37, educated at Harrow and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained first – class honours, is a lieutenant-commander in the London Division, R.N.V.R. During the war he was assistant Naval Attache at the British Embassy in Washington ; an acting Naval Attache in Mexico. He has been a member of the Winchester R.D.C.

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