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 : Leek

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Harold Davies was born in South Wales in 1904, won scholarships to a grammar school and the University of Wales, and became a teacher. For 13 years before his election for Leek in 1945 he was a lecturer in adult education. At Westminster he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Group of the Labour Party, and was also interested in agriculture and coal, as well as the social services. He has travelled in Europe, the United States, and the Far East.

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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 : Lowestoft

CANDIDATE : English

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss R. C. English is the daughter of a surgeon, Sir Crisp English, and was a nurse at Bart’s during the war before going to the War Office Intelligence Department. She was one of the founders of the Heckford Society in Shad-well and Limehouse, and is a governor of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Shad-well. She is the hon. secretary of the Westminster Liberal Party and an executive member of the London Liberal Party.

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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 : Epsom

CANDIDATE : Hardie

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. M. Hardie is 38, and was educated at Oxford, where he was president of the Union. He gained his M.A. and D.Ph. degrees, winning a first-class honours in modern history. From 1937 to 1939 he was a teacher of political science at the London School of Economics and later worked for the Unemployment Assistance Board and as assistant secretary to the Royal Commission on Workmen’s Compensation. He was at the War Office during the war and is employed in a buying office of a London store.

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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 : Woking

CANDIDATE : Turner-Bridger

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. M. F. Turner-Bridger, 25, was educated at Charterhouse. During the war, serving with the Coldstream Guards, he was commissioned after six months and went to North Africa and Italy, being seriously wounded in the Salerno landing. Until 1948, he was a staff captain in the welfare department at the War Office. He is studying for the law and is treasurer of the Oxford University Liberal Club. He has also acted as Liberal organizer in South Kensington.

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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 : Horsham

CANDIDATE : Winterton

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Earl Winterton, ” Father ” of the House and M.P. for Horsham since 1904, is 66 and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He served in Gallipoli and Palestine in the 1914-18 war and has held various Ministerial appointments, including Under-Secretary of State for India and Paymaster-General. He was a member of the Cabinet from March, 1938, to January, 1939.

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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 : Sutton Coldfield

CANDIDATE : Wilson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss A. Wilson, 35 years of age, was educated at Oxford, where she was an active member of the Labour group. Keenly interested in child welfare, she gave evidence before the Curtis Committee. She is the principal of the Princess Alice Training College, Sutton Coldfield.

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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 : Salisbury

CANDIDATE : Campbell-Johnson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Campbell-Johnson was political secretary to Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of the Liberal Opposition in Parliament, from 1937 to 1940. During the war he served on the staff of Lord Mountbatten at Combined Operations Headquarters, S.E.A.C., and rejoined his staff when he became Viceroy and Governor-General of India. He is a biographer of Mr. Anthony Eden and Lord Halifax. Aged 36, he was educated at Westminster and Oxford.

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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 : Bridlington

CANDIDATE : Wood

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Wood, son of Lord Halifax, was born in 1920 and educated at Eton. Joining the Army as a private at the age of 20, he was later commissioned and served in the Middle East, where he lost both legs. In spite of his disability he drives a car and rides horseback. After leaving the Army he spent two years at Oxford, and has toured the United States. He takes an active interest in the Limbless Ex-servicemen’s 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 : Barkston Ash

CANDIDATE : Hazell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. Hazell failed to win this seat in 1945 by 116 votes. Born in 1907, he has been an organizer for the Union of Agricultural Workers in Hertfordshire and Yorkshire and a member of the West Riding Agricultural Committee, and is also on the executive of the Yorkshire Council of the Labour Party. His recent appointments include membership of the Leeds Regional Hospilal Board and of the North-Eastern Electricity Consultative 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 : Normanton

CANDIDATE : Heseltine

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Heseltine, 54, a local chemist, is president of the Normanton British Legion and section commander of the special police. Past chairman of the Pharmaceu?ical Union and ex-president of the Chemists’ Federation, he was recently on a delegation on drugs which went to Germany for the Ministry of Health. He is a member of Normanton U.D.C.

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