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 : Southend West

CANDIDATE : Hutchison

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. C. Hutchison, an insurance district manager, who was born in 1896 and had an elementary education, was for 15 years a lecturer for Labour colleges and for the London Co-operative Society. He has also been active in the trade union movement and was district council secretary for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.

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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 : Stockport South

CANDIDATE : Ponsonby

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Ponsonby was born and educated in Stockport, and started in business as a leather merchant in 1913. For many years a member of Stockport Town Council, he became an alderman in 1945, antl was mayor in 1948. A director of Stockport County F.C., he has also been chairman of the Lancashire and Cheshire Leather and Grindery Merchants’ 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 : Sunderland North

CANDIDATE : Hudson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Hudson, born in 1902, is the head of a building firm, a past president of the Northern Counties Federation of Master Builders’ Associations, and a vice-president of the National Master Builders’ Associations. He is an active worker for Methodism. He was educated at Sedbergh, and played Rugby for Durham County.

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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 : Tottenham

CANDIDATE : Faulkner

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Wo. Cdr. P. J. Faulkner was born in 1895 of Ulster stock. He is a B.Sc. (Econ.) and a well-known lecturer and writer on industry and economics. He worked underground as a miner for a time to gain practical experience. One of the Conservative Party’s authorities on trade union matters, he has represented the party in debates with?prominent Labour personalities all over the country. An infantry officer in the 1914-18 war, he served with the R.A.F. in 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 : Wallsend

CANDIDATE : Appleby

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. F. M. Appleby is the head of a century-old firm of solicitors in Newcastle-on-Tyne. A son of Sir Alfred Appleby, he was born in 1904 and educated at Rugby and Oxford. He has been deputy coroner for Newcastle since 1935, and was for four years under-sheriff. He is chairman of the political council of the Northern Conservative Club, and was a squadron leader in the R.A.F. during 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 : Watford

CANDIDATE : Bemrose

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Bemrose is assistant managing director of the family printing business, and has lived in Watford for 15 years. He was educated at Derby, Brighton College (of which he is a governor), and Cambridge, where he played Rugby for the university and got his half-blue for swimming and water polo. He was a lecturer to the Forces on current affairs during 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 : West Ham North

CANDIDATE : Phillips

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. L. Phillips, aged 33, was public relations officer with the Ministry of Fuel and Power, but resigned to contest the election. He has travelled extensively in South America.

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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 : Willesden West

CANDIDATE : Michaelson

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Michaelson is 38 and lives at Hendon. He is chairman of the National Council of Shop Stewards and editor of its journal. During the war he was on munitions service. A member of the A.E.U. he is vice-president of Hendon Trades 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 : Wood Green

CANDIDATE : Ellis

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. P. J. Ellis, who is aged 35, is an engineer and company director. An organist and composer, he has been an amateur member of the B.B.C. chorus and the Westminster Abbey special choir. He is on the executive of the London Liberal Party, and unsuccessfully fought Dulwich in 1945.

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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 : Bedfordshire Mid

CANDIDATE : Martell

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. K. Martell was also a candidate at the 1945 election, gaining only 2,313 votes fewer than Mr. Lennox-Boyd. Aged 39, he was educated at Bedford School and is a solicitor and partner in a London firm. He is a member of the Home Counties executive and of the council of the Liberal Party.

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