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 : Gloucestershire South

CANDIDATE : Davidson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. Davidson is a solicitor, and business manager of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and was formerly with the Ministry of Aircraft Production. Aged 38, he was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. He is a former president of the Oxford University Conservative Association, and of the Oxford Union. He served on the Conservative Party policy committee on reforms in the administration of justice.

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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 : Petersfield

CANDIDATE : Jeffreys

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir George Jeffreys has represented the division since 1941. Aged 71, he was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and saw 41 years’ service in the Army. He was mentioned in dispatches nine times in the first war, and holds many foreign decorations. He is Deputy Lieutenant and a county alderman of Hampshire, and has been a member of the county council since 1926; is chairman of the Hampshire T.A. Association.

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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 : Hemel Hempstead

CANDIDATE : Stevens

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. A. Stevens is 35, a bachelor, and public relations officer to a group of light metal companies. He was on Lord Beaverbrook’s staff at the Ministry of Aircraft Production during the war, in which he later served in the Royal Corps of Signals, being demobilized as a major in 1947.

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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 : Ashford

CANDIDATE : Deedes

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. F. Deedes, born in 1913 in East Kent where his family has been established as farmers in the Romney Marsh district for 450 years, was educated at Harrow, and is a Fleet Street journalist and served as a war correspondent in Abyssinia in 1935. He joined the Queen’s Westminsters and served during the war in north-west Europe. He was awarded the M.C. He lives near Ashford, and his grandfather and great-grandfather represented the division, then known as East Kent, as Conservative M.P.s.

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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 : Folkestone and Hythe

CANDIDATE : Mackeson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Brig. H. R. Mackeson has been member for Hythe since 1945, and a Conservative whip since 1947. After leaving Sandhurst he was for 20 years wit? the Royal Scots Greys. He served in India and Egypt. He was G.S.O.I. from 1940-42, B.G.S., H.Q., R.A.C. in 1942, and finally commanded an armoured brigade. Born 44 years ago he farms at Barham, where he lives.

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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 : Sevenoaks

CANDIDATE : Spencer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Spencer, aged 33 and for 19 years a member of the Labour Party, has been an active member of Lewisham Borough Council and is interested in the rebuilding of the Crystal Palace of which he is a trustee. He is a dairy farmer.

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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 : Farnworth

CANDIDATE : Tomlinson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. George Tomlinson, born in 1890, has represented Farnworth since 1938, when he won the seat in a by-election. He left the weaving sheds after 12 yea?s and started business as a botanical brewer. During many years’ service on local authorities he devoted himself to education, and after entering Parliament and holding the posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Works he succeeded the late Miss Ellen Wilkinson as Minister of Education in 1947.

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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 : Middleton and Prestwich

CANDIDATE : Harrison

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Harrison, 64, a retired bank manager, was for three years first president of the Bank Officers’ Guild (now the National Union of Bank Employees), and for 15 years a member of the executive. For seven years he was chairman of Bacup savings committee, and for 14 years a Methodist circuit steward.

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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 : Widnes

CANDIDATE : MacColl

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. E. MacColl is a barrister born in 1908 and educated at Sedbergh and Balliol College. Oxford. He took a fellowship in Economics at Chicago University, and, returning to England was called to the Bar, practising on the North-Eastern Circuit until 1939. He served in the civil defence organization in London during the war. He was elected to Paddington Borough Council in 1934, was mayor in 1947-49, and for 10 years served on the L.C.C. education committee. He is a member of the Hemel Hempstead New Town Development Corporation, and has broadcast on local government and town planning.

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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 : Holland with Boston

CANDIDATE : Blankley

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. D. Blankley, director of a packing company, was born in 1924. During the war he served in the R.A.F. for a year and later in civil defence. He is a member of the Royal Observer Corps. A Nottingham resident, he represents Central Nottingham on the East Midlands Liberal Federation executive.

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