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 : 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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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 : Sowerby

CANDIDATE : Bryan

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Bryan, born in Japan in 1913, was educated at St. John’s School, Leatherhead, and at Caius College, Cambridge, from which he holds a M.A. degree in French and Spanish. He is a director of a wholesale clothing firm. During the war he served with The Royal West Kent Regiment and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He won the M.C. while in North Africa. He unsuccessfully contested Sowerby at the 1949 by-election.

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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 : Merthyr Tydfil

CANDIDATE : Morgan

PARTY : Ind. Welsh Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Morgan is aged 35, and an insurance agent in the Aberdare area. He has worked in the mines, and on the land. Twice previously he stood as a Welsh Nationalist in the Ogmore division, but has fought this election without the backing of the 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 : Anglesey

CANDIDATE : Hughes

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Hughes is a soldier, and was born in Holyhead in 1916. He was at the University?College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and graduated in law in 1937. A member of the Anglesey County Council, he is also a member of the Court of Governors of the University of Wales and of the National Museum of Wales. He was Labour candidate for the constituency in 1945. He served in the R.A.F. in the last war and was a flight lieutenant.

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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 : Carmarthen

CANDIDATE : Ungoed-Thomas

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. L. Ungoed-Thomas, K.C., in the last Parliament represented Llandaff and Barry, which he captured from the Conservatives in 1945. Born in 1904, he is the son of a Baptist minister. Educated at Haileybury and Magdalen College, Oxford, he graduated with honours, and was called to the Bar in 1929. He established a large practice in the Chancery division, and took silk in 1947. During the war he was on the staff at the War Office. He was a member last summer of the British delegation to the Council of Europe at Strasbourg.

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