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 : Isle of Thanet

CANDIDATE : Boyd

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. C. Boyd, born in Canada in 1916, son of a former vicar of Minster, was educated at Marlborough, Oxford, and the London School of Economics. In 1941 he became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General at India G.H.Q., and in 1944 Under-Secretary to the Government of India. He was secretary to the Parliamentary delegation to India in 1946, afterwards principal of the central economic planning staff in the Cabinet office, and more recently attached to the Treasury.

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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 : Chorley

CANDIDATE : Fountaine

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Fountaine, a native of Edinburgh, was educated at Stave College, Bucks, and the Army College, Aldershot. In 1937 he joined the Royal Navy but was invalided out. At Cambridge he took a chemistry degree and in the war was engaged on experimental work at Woolwich. Although adopted by the local Conservative association his candidature at this election was not recognized by the party Standing Advisory Committee at headquarters.

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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 : Huyton

CANDIDATE : Edwards

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. G. Edwards is an estate agent and chairman of the Liverpool Liberal Federation. Has made two unsuccessful efforts to gain a seat on the Liverpool 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 : North Fylde

CANDIDATE : Couldry

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Couldry, 32, is the West Yorkshire organizer and tutor for the National’Council of Labour Colleges. Educated at council schools and Catford Commercial Institute, he also studied with the National Council of Labour Colleges. He has been active in trade union, co-operative, and boys’ club movements.

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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 : Harborough

CANDIDATE : Bazeley

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. H. C. Bazeley is 42, and after going to Blundell’s School, Devon, and Woolwich, joined the Royal Artillery in 1927, and retired 18 months ago. During the war he raised and commanded the original Air Observation Post Squadron, R.A.F., in the North African campaign, and was awarded the D.S.O. He was in the invasion of Normandy, and was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the American D.S.C.

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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 : Brigg

CANDIDATE : Mallalieu

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. L. Mallalieu was Liberal M.P. for Colne Valley, a seat previously held by his father, from 1931 to 1935, and won Brigg in a by-election in 1948, having joined the Labour Party in 1945. Educated at Cheltenham and Oxford, he practised as a barrister in London and on the North-Eastern Circuit, but after a breakdown in health he left law for farming. He is aged 43, and is the brother of Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu, the member for East Huddersfield.

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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 : Uxbridge

CANDIDATE : Aylett

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. E. Aylett, who contested t?e constituency in 1945, is an Essex man aged 34. He was educated at the Royal Albert School, Rom-ford, and read law at London University. He was admitted a solicitor at the age of 21, and is associated with a firm of Uxbridge solicitors.

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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 : Yarmouth

CANDIDATE : Kinghorn

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Kinghorn had unsuccessfully contested Hexham in 1935 against Col. D. Clifton Brown (the present Speaker) before becoming M.P. for Yarmouth in 1945. Formerly a languages master and a lecturer on economics, he served as an intelligence officer with the R.A.F. in the war, later was attached to Gen. Eisenhower’s headquarters staff, and subsequently was a staff officer on the Control Commission in Germany. He was born in 1907, and educated at Basle, Lille, and Leeds 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 : Berwick-upon-Tweed

CANDIDATE : Thorp

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Brig. R. A. F. Thorp , defeated Lord (then Sir William) Beveridge in 1945. A regular soldier i with 27 years’ service, he was born in 1900 and j educated at Charterhouse and R.M.C., Quetta, being first commissioned in Skinner’s Horse in 1919. During the war I he was G.S.O.2, 3rd Division, France, 1939 ; D.A.Q.M.G. 1st Cavalry Division, Palestine, 1940; A.A.Q.M.G., 11th Division, Abyssinia, 1941 ; G.S.O.I, headquarters, East Africa, 1941 ; colonel in command, Northern Rhodesia, 1942 ; and brigadier commanding 31st Brigade, Abyssinian Frontier, 1943-45.

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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 : Mansfield

CANDIDATE : Milliard

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. H. L. Milliard, born at Bangor in 1912, joined the Army in 1938 and was commissioned in the Royal Artillery a year later. An insurance inspector, he formerly played football for Lancashire amateur clubs. He is a member of Leicester City Council, and has been chairman of the political education committee of the Leicestershire Conservative Party.

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