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 : Ayrshire Central

CANDIDATE : Milligan

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. R. Milligan, K.C., who is 51, contested the St. Rollox division of Glasgow in 1945. He has been in practice as an advocate for nearly 25 years. His father, a parish minister, was a professor in the University of Glasgow and Mr. Milligan is keenly interested in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. At one time a keen athlete, in 1920 he represented Scotland against England and Ireland.

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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 : Caithness and Sutherland

CANDIDATE : MacArthur

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. MacArthur resigned his charge and status as a minister of the Church of Scotland to fight the election. Aged 31, he went to Tobermory Higher Grade and Oban High Schools and to Glasgow University. He is a former secretary and president of the University Labour Club and has been active in the Party in Glasgow. He is a native Gaelic speaker.

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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 : Inverness

CANDIDATE : Thompson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. D. N. Thompson, born in 1909 and educated at the London School of Economics, is an ornithologist and a former holder of the Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his work in relation to Highland birds. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1947, being appointed a staff captain. He is a member of the Inverness 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 : Motherwell

CANDIDATE : Robertson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. A. Robertson, son of a Wishaw doctor, is 23, and became candidate at short notice on the withdrawal on medical advice of the prospective candidate. He won a scholarship to Malvern College, and graduated M.B., Ch.B., at Edinburgh last year.

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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 : Orkney and Shetland

CANDIDATE : Leslie

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. R. Leslie, K.C., who was born in 1905, is a native of South Shields. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. In 1930 he secured his LL.B., and in 1937 was called to the Scottish Bar. He became counsel for the Department of Agriculture, Scotland, and Sheriff Clerk Depute in the Glasgow circuit. He served in the Army during the war. and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the war he was appointed legal assessor to the Dean of Guild and Burgh Courts of Edinburgh. He took silk ast year.

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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 : Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire

CANDIDATE : Loch

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. D. Loch is the second son of Major-General Lord Loch, and was born in 1920. Educated at Wellington and Trinity College, Cambridge, he served in the war in the Grenadier Guards, and was awarded the M.C., and when demobilized was a major. During 1947-48 he worked in Mr. Churchill’s secretariat at the Conservative Central Office.

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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 : Bethnal Green

CANDIDATE : Welfare

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. D. Welfare, s the wife of a Reigate painter and decorator, and has appeared in local elections as a ” working man’s wife.’ Born n 1898, she has been a member of the Conservative Party since she was 18, and worked for the Junior Imperial League.

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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 : Deptford

CANDIDATE : Cooper

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Cooper, aged 41, comes from a Lancashire working-class family. Originally an office worker and a member of Manchester City Council, he later became an official in London of the Municipal and General Workers’ Union, and is now a member of the Metropolitan Water Board and an alderman of the London 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 : Hackney South

CANDIDATE : Marlow

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. A. Marlow, who is 35, is a Londoner. He served with the R.A.F. from 1935 in Iraq and elsewhere. Invalided after a crash during the second retreat from Benghazi, he was later a Wing Commander at Combined Operations H.Q. He left the R.A.F. in 1946, and is sales manager of a City firm of exporters.

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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 : Islington East

CANDIDATE : Fletcher

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Fletcher, who is 46 and the son of a former town clerk of Islington, won the seat for the Labour Party in 1945. From an elementary school he won scholarships which took him to London University. A solicitor, he specializes in inter-national law. He repre-sented South Islington on the L.C.C. for 14 years. Mr. Fletcher is deputy chairman of the Associated British Picture Corporation, Limited, and a director of its associated companies.

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