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 : Ealing North

CANDIDATE : Holloway

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Holloway, scientist, economist and financial expert, who fought Ilford South in 1945, was born in Russia of British parents in 1906. From 1924 to 1943 he was with the Overseas T?lecommunications Service and later in the war assisted in developing a training device used by the Admiralty and R.A.F. He studied social conditions in Britain and abroad and founded the Economic Reform Club and Institute in 1936. He was appointed chairman last year. He is a contributor to monthly journals and has broadcast frequently.

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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 : Edmonton

CANDIDATE : Hubbard

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. P. Hubbard is 40 and senior partner of a firm of accountants in London. He won a scholarship from an elementary school and later qualified as an accountant. Volunteering for the Army during the war, he was directed into accountancy at the American Embassy, and also lectured for the Ministry of Information. Contesting the by-election in 1948, he reduced the 1945 Labour majority from 19,069 to 3,327. An all-round sportsman, he formerly played football for Tufnell Park.

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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 : Finchley

CANDIDATE : McFadyean

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Andrew McFadyean, president of the Liberal Party, was born in 1887 and educated at the University College School, London, and University College, Oxford. He is a company director, and serves on several political and educational bodies. He entered the Treasury in 1910 in open competition and was private secretary to a number of leading political figures. He was on a special financial mission to the United States in 1917 ; was Treasury representative at Paris in 1919-20 ; and secretary to the British delegation to the Reparations Commission, and from 1922 general secretary to the Commission. For aix years, from 1924, he was Commissioner of controlled revenues in Berlin. He was knighted in 1925. He is joint hon. treasurer of the Liberal Party organization.

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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 : Halifax

CANDIDATE : Brook

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Brook, who entered Parliament in 1945, was born in 1884, and as a boy entered the service of a Halifax wool merchant. On the death of his employer about 10 years ago he took over the business. His special interests have been education, trade and industry, housing, and town planning. He joined the I.L.P. in 1910, and for the last 10 years has been a member of the borough 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 : Hartlepools, The

CANDIDATE : Long

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. J. Long, who is 25, is a native of Lichfield. Gaining a scholarship to Queen’s College, Oxford, from Leys School, he graduated M.A. and B.Sc. At the university he became president of the University Liberal Club and of the Oxford Union Society. He is engaged in research in industrial chemistry.

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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 : Heston and Isleworth

CANDIDATE : Williams

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. R. Williams became the first member for the division in 1945. Born in 1895, he worked in the Post Office for 28 years, and since 1940 has been assistant secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers. In 1944 he was elected chairman of the staff side of the Post Office departmental Whitley Committee and vice-chairman of the Joint Council. He served oversea with the Royal Engineers in the 1914-18 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 : Ilford North

CANDIDATE : Hutchinson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Hutchinson, K.C., sat for Ilford from 1937 until 1945. Born in 1893, he served in the 1914-18 war and, as a territorial, he was mobilized in 1939 and served through the campaign in France, including the Dunkirk evacuation. He was appointed deputy assistant secretary to the War Office in 1941, but resigned in 1942 to resume his Parliamentary duties. He has been an alderman of the London County Council 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 : Kingston upon Hull East

CANDIDATE : Pursey

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Cmdr. H. Pursey served nearly 30 years in the Royal Navy and was the first naval officer promoted from the lower deck to become an M.P. Born in 1891, he joined the Navy as a seaman boy in 1907. In the 1914-18 war he served with the Dover Patrol and the Grand Fleet and was at the Battle of Jutland. Commissioned in 1917, he was in the Black Sea operations 1919-20 and also served in Somaliland and Mesopotamia. He was retired in 1936. A lecturer and journalist, he was first elected for East Hull in 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 : Leeds North East

CANDIDATE : Bidgood

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. C. Bidgood was born in London in 1914 and is a steel constructional engineer and export agent. He was educated at Dulwich College and Oxford. He joined the R.A.F. in 1939 and later was seconded for constructional work on aerodromes and Mulberry harbours. He is a member of the Institute of Export and of Leeds City 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 : Leeds West

CANDIDATE : Mather

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. Mather, who reduced the Labour majority in West Leeds by 10,000 at the by-election in July, 1949, was born in Leeds in 1914. Ed ucated at Leeds University, he became a schoolmaster, but left that profession to enter the family beer and wine business. During the war he worked for the Admiralty on research into magnetic and acoustic mines.

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