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 : Edinburgh North

CANDIDATE : Crawford

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Crawford, 28 years of age, is a journalist specializing in dramatic criticism. He was torpedoed in a merchant ship during the war, and assisted to navigate a boat 500 miles to Trinidad. Later he transferred to the Royal Navy. He is a linguist and assisted behind the scenes at the Edinburgh Festival.

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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 : Glasgow Cathcart

CANDIDATE : Henderson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Henderson, chairman of a firm of S| produce importers and Jj 61 years of age, became |i M.P. for Cathcart at a by-election in 1946. Educated at Martyrs | School, Glasgow, he was for more than 20 years a member of Glasgow Corporation and has m engaged in many philan- I thropic and religious activities in the city.

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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 : Glasgow Hillhead

CANDIDATE : Gibson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss Pamela Gibson, aged 24, is in her final year as an honours student in economics at Glasgow University, where she is a member of the committee organizing the celebration of the fifth centenary of the university. She was a petty officer in the intelligence section of the W.R.N.S. and served with Shaef.

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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 : Glasgow Shettleston

CANDIDATE : Henderson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. C. Henderson, a member of Glasgow Corporation, is employed in the accounts department of British Railways in Glasgow.

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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 : Greenock

CANDIDATE : Brown

PARTY : Irish Anti-Partitionist

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. O. Brown, a teacher of languages, was born in 1902 and educated at the universities of Glasgow and Paris. Three times he contested East Renfrewshire unsuccessfully as Scottish Nationalist candidate, and was the first representative of the Party to save his deposit.

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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 Angus and Mearns

CANDIDATE : Jurtice

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. R. Justice, who is 44, was Labour Party ag^nt at Galloway in 1945. He has had a variety of jobs, having been a farm hand in Canada and an officer in the Navy during the war, and is an actor. He played Petty Officer Evans in Scott of the Antarctic and the doctor in Whisky Galore.

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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 : Kilmarnock

CANDIDATE : Shaw

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Col. A. D. MacI. Shaw was one of Mr. Asquith’s opponents in the Paisley by-election in 1923, and in the next year was elected member for Bridgeton division of Glasgow, which he represented until 1929. Aged 54, he is a son of a former Lord Provost of Glasgow, and managing director of a firm of ironfounders. He served in India during the last 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 : Dunbartonshire East

CANDIDATE : Kirkwood

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. David Kirkwood was member for the old Dumbarton Burghs division since 1922, and in spite of his 78 years is still an active worker for Clydeside, with which he has been long associated. Educated at Parkhead Public School, he was trained as an engineer and for many years was recognized as the engineers’ leader in Scotland. He was on Glasgow Town Council for four years before entering Parliament. He was a strong advocate of the Government financial support for building the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth. In 1948 he was made a Privy Councillor.

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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 : Ross and Cromarty

CANDIDATE : Reid

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. C. Reid, born in 1925, took an M.A. degree with honours in economics and politics at Glasgow University, where he is studying law. He founded the Glasgow University Labour Party, was its first secretary and has been chairman. In the last war he worked as a coal miner.

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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 : Lanarkshire North

CANDIDATE : Herbison

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss M. Herbison was born in 1907 and educated at Glasgow University and is a teacher. A daughter of a miner, she has been associated with the Labour movement all her life. She won North Lanark from the Conservatives in 1945. She is the only woman member of the Miners’ Welfare Commission, and she went to Strasbourg last August as the only woman delegate of the British Government to the Council of Europe. She is a member of the national executive of the Labour Party.

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