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 : West Lothian

CANDIDATE : Younger

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. McE. Younger was born in 1905, and is a managing director. He was in the Territorial Army and served throughout the last war. He was in the siege of Tobruk, and won the D.S.O., and with the Eighth Army during the advance from El Alamein to Tunis ; he also commanded the 14th L.A.A. Regiment in the Salerno landings. In 1948 he was elected president of the West Lothian Junior Unionist 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 : Battersea North

CANDIDATE : Handscombe

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. R. Handscombe is a Fulham builder who began life as a barrister’s clerk. Aged 48, he went to St. Martin’s High School, S.W. He was a member of the Labour Party until he joined the Liberals, and is chairman of a ward organization in Fulham. He is also chairman of the Fulham panel of builders and a member of the area committee of the Master Builders’ Federation.

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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 : Camberwell Peckham

CANDIDATE : Lee

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. H. Lee, aged 38, was born in Cornwall and orphaned at the age of six, being brought up by his grandparents. He went to Westminster College and the University of London, and is a teacher, and holds office i? the National Union of Teachers. He is a member of Wembley Borough Council, and has held a number of offices in the Conservative 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 : Fulham East

CANDIDATE : Jacoby

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Jacoby, born in 1887, is a retired io!t manager- He was commissioned in the 1*14-18 war and won the M.C. In the last war he served in the Home Guard and was commander of the Hyde Park Defences.

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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 : Hammersmith South

CANDIDATE : Williams

PARTY : Co-op and Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. T. Williams, who won the seat at a by-election in 1949, was born in 1915, the son of a South Wa?es minair. He gained scholarships to the University of Wales, and is M.A.(Oxon), B.D.(Wales), and Ll.B. (London). He is a Baptist minister, and has been bursar, and tutor at Manchester College, Oxford, and chaplain and welfare officer at a camp for returned R.A.F. war prisoners.

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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 : Islington South West

CANDIDATE : Evans

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Evans was elected member for West Islington in a by-election in 1947. Born in 1903, he became a master engraver and has been a member of the Goldsmiths’, Jewellers’ and Allied Trades Society since 1925. He has served on the Islington Borough Council and the London County Council, and has taken a special interest in questions affecting local government and trade and industry.

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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 : Lambeth Norwood

CANDIDATE : Fredericke

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Fredericke, aged 26, is a free lance journalist and an art expert and picture dealer. He resigned from the Conservative Party after the 1949 Conference, and is a member of the executive of the Chelsea Liberal Association. He served with the R.A.F. during the war as an air crew cadet.

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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 : Paddington North

CANDIDATE : Turner

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Lawrence Turner is 42 and was educated at Radley College. He is managing director of a trust company, and director of a family paint business. During the war he served in the ranks and was later commissioned. After being captured in Siam he lectured on politics to prisoners of 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 : St Pancras North

CANDIDATE : Whitton

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. W. C. Whitton, a senior partner in a London firm of solicitors, was born 34 years ago in Highgate. He was educated at Highgate School and London University. During the war he became a troop commander in a regiment of field artillery, serving in North-West Lurope, and was awarded the Military Cross. He is interested in youth work and is chairman of the Management Committee of the Aldenham Boys’ Club, Highgate.

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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 : Stoke Newington and Hackney North

CANDIDATE : Phillips

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Phillips was born in 1920 and was educated at Upton House School, Hackney He is a surveyor, and a member of an Islington firm. He is a member of the Faculty of Surveyors and of the Valuers Association. For three years he has been secretary of North Hackney Liberal Association.

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