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 : Derbyshire South East

CANDIDATE : James

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. James, born in 1911, after studying at the University of Wales, took his first job as organizer for the Council of Social Service set up to alleviate distress among the unemployed in South Wales. Later he became a schoolmaster, and is now a director of a prepared food business.

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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 : Torrington

CANDIDATE : Lambert

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Lambert is the elder son of Viscount Lambert and followed his father as member for the old South Molton division, which the latter represented, with a four-year break, from 1891 to 1945. Aged 39 and educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford, he served through the war and became a lieutenant – colonel and a War Office liaison officer, visiting the Mediterranean, India, and South-East Asia Commands. He specializes in agriculture.

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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 : Bishop Auckland

CANDIDATE : Dalton

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Hugh Dalton has been M.P. for the division since 1935, and also in 1929-31, and previously sat for Peckham. In the second Labour Government he was Under – Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and in Mr. Churchill’s wartime Government he was Minister for Economic Warfare and later President of the Board of Trade. In 1945 he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which he resigned in November, 1947. After a short period as a back bencher he returned to the Government as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

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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 : Jarrow

CANDIDATE : Fernyhough

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Fernyhough was for 12 years a full-time official of the Union of Shop Assistants, Distributive and Allied Workers. He is 39, was born in a Staffordshire mining village, and first worked in the local colliery. He has since been closely associated with the Co-operative movement in Durham. In May, 1947, he was elected to Parliament for Jarrow, succeeding the late Miss Ellen Wilkinson.

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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 : Colchester

CANDIDATE : Smith

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Smith, who gained Colchester in 1945, and became Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister for Commonwealth Relations, was formerly assistant secretary to the Civil Service Clerical Association. At Oxford he took an honours degree in modern history and was chairman of the University Labour Club. Aged 33, he served in Europe in the 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 : Thurrock

CANDIDATE : Solley

PARTY : Lab. Ind.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. J. Solley won Thurrock in 1945 but was expelled from the Labour Party in 1949. Aged 43, he won his way by scholarships from an elementary school to London University and was called to the Bar. He is a Profumo prizeman of the Inner Temple. As a practising barrister he has specialized in housing and town-planning law.

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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 : Aldershot

CANDIDATE : Hidden

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. N. F. Hidden, aged 37, was educated through scholarships at Hereford Cathedral School and Brasenose College, Oxford. After teaching at Macclesfield he went as assistant professor of English at Adrian College, United States. He returned to serve in the war, and is manager of a commercial firm.

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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 : Leominster

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. J. M. Jones, the first Labour candidate to stand for Leominster, is a highway employee of Monmouth County Council. He helped to develop the National Union of Agricultural Workers and is a member of the county A.E.C. For 10 years he has been secretary of Monmouth Federation of Trades and Labour Councils : he is a local preacher.

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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 : St Albans

CANDIDATE : Abel

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Abel, secretary of the Free Trade Union, holds several offices in the Liberal Party organization, including membership of the party council and of the executive of Home Counties Liberal Federation. He is author of “A History of British Tariffs, 1923-42,” and of many articles in periodicals. Born in 1918, he was educated at the London School of Economics and London University.

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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 : Dover

CANDIDATE : Morrison

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Morrison, now 37, and a miner working in the Kent coalfield, served with the Fleet Air Arm during the war, and afterwards became a student at Ruskin College, Oxford.

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