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 : East Grinstead

CANDIDATE : Clarke

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Col. R. S. Clarke has been M.P. for East Grinstead since 1936. Born in 1892, he was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. He joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1914 and served in Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine, being wounded. In 1939 he rejoined the Army and served in the Middle East and Sicily. He has extensive business interests and is a large landowner in Mid-Sussex.

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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 : Nuneaton

CANDIDATE : Spencer

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. P. G. Spencer is the wife of Mr. C. G. Spencer, the National Liberal and Conservative candidate for Barnsley. A housewife, living in the division, she is 38 years of age and was trained in public affairs at the London School of Economics. At one time she was organizing secretary of the women’s branch of the City of London Conservative Association. During the war she was engaged in work for prisoners of war. She is an officer of the British Red Cross Society.

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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 : Westmorland

CANDIDATE : Acland

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. G. D. Acland comes of a well-known Liberal family. His brother is Sir Richard Acland, Labour member for Graves-end. Aged 51, he went to Grenoble University and Trinity College, Cambridge, and afterwards joined the family paper-making concern, of which he is a working director. His special interest is international affairs.

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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 : Bromsgrove

CANDIDATE : Higgs

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. M. C. Higgs, born in 1912, took an honours degree in law at Birmingham University, was admitted a solicitor in 1934, and represents the third generation in the family in legal practice. He was on the staff of the Judge-Advocate-General 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 : Cleveland

CANDIDATE : Peake

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Peake, who contested the Blaydon division in the last election against the Labour Chief Whip, is a brother of Mr. O. Peake, M.P. for North Leeds. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he is a barrister. During the war he saw considerable service as an intelligence officer with the R.A.F. in the Middle 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 : Dearne Valley

CANDIDATE : Paling

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Wilfred Paling, M.P. for the Wentworth division since 1933, had the largest maj-ority, 35,410, in the 1945 General Election. He had previously represented Don-caster. He was Labour deputy Chief Whip from 1935 to 1941, and successively Minister of Pensions and Postmaster-General. Born in 1883, he worked as a boy with his father at the coal face, married at 20, later studied mining at University College, Nottingham, and became a checkweighman.

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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 : Ripon

CANDIDATE : Stoddart-Scott

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Col. M. Stoddart-Scott is a doctor of medicine, and holds the degrees of M.D., Ch.B., and M.B. of Leeds University. In 1945 he entered Parliament as the member for Pudsey and Otley. He was president of the Students’ Representative Council, vice – president of Leeds University Union, and twice president of Leeds University Medical Society. He served in the Army in the war, and was Assistant Director of Medical Services. Before the war he was on the medical staff of Leeds General Infirmary.

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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 : Aberdare

CANDIDATE : Samuel

PARTY : Welsh Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. I. Samuel, 37, is the South Wales organizer of the Welsh Nationalist Party. He fought the 1946 by-election here and contested Neath in 1945. He is editor of two party publications, holds a London University diploma in public administration, and is a member of the B.B.C. Council for Wales and of Pontardawe District 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 : Rhondda East

CANDIDATE : Mainwaring

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. H. Mainwaring, who has held the seat since 1933, was born in 1885 at Swansea, and went to Rhondda in his early years to work in the mines. He studied at the Central Labour College, London, for two years, returned to the coal face, and went back to the college in 1919 as economics lecturer and vice-principal. In 1924 he became miners’ agent in Rhondda, which post he held until he became M.P.

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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 : Breconshire and Radnorshire

CANDIDATE : Paton

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. M. R. Paton was nominated as an Independent Liberal, the local association having decided not to contest the seat, and subsequently his candidature was approved by Liberal headquarters. Born in Pontypool, he is the third son of a South Wales industrialist and was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford. He is a haulage contractor.

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