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 : Lewes

CANDIDATE : Beamish

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. Tufton Beamish, who was born in 1917, succeeded his father, Rear-Adm. T. P. H. Beamish, in 1945, as M.P. for Lewes. Educated at Stowe he was commissioned in 1936 and served in Palestine 1938-39. He was a company commander and won the M.C. at Dunkirk, and was at Singapore when it fell to the Japanese, .escaping with others in a small boat to Sumatra. After serving on Gen. Slim’s staff in India, he returned to his former unit in 1943 in North Africa. He also fought in Italy and was wounded.

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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 : Rugby

CANDIDATE : Dance

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Dance, born in 1907, was educated at Eton. He has business interests in London and Birmingham and used to farm 500 acres in Warwickshire. He was chairman of the Rugby Conservative Association and has also been chairman of the Kineton branch of the British Legion. During the war he served with the 2nd (Queen’s Bays) Dragoon Guards (attaining the rank of major), in France, the Middle East, and Italy, and also made a lecture tour of factories engaged in tank production.

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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 : Isle of Wight

CANDIDATE : Conbeer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. G. Conbeer, mathematics master at Ryde (I. of W.) Secondary Modern School, is vice-chairman of the Isle of Wight Labour Party. He went to Exeter University, where he joined the University Labour Party. He helped to form the Ladywood (Birmingham) Labour Youth Group, and has lectured on international questions. He lives in a house called “The Seven Freedoms” in the island.

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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 : Kidderminster

CANDIDATE : Nabarro

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Nabarro, who was born in 1913, enlisted in the Regular Army as a private at the age of 15. He rose from the ranks and was eventually commissioned in the Royal Artillery (T.A.). After leaving the Army he entered industry as a machine hand, and became a factory manager in London and later on Merseyside. He is managing director of two engineering companies in the Midlands.

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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 : Richmond (Yorkshire)

CANDIDATE : Beaton

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. W. Beaton, a Leeds barrister, aged 57, was educated at Leeds University and Oriel College, Oxford. Formerly deputy chairman of a court of referees under the Unemployment Insurance Act, and for many years a tutor for the Workers’ Educational Association, he has been a member of the Labour Party for 26 years. His special interests include the application of science to agriculture and industrial production.

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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 : Don Valley

CANDIDATE : Graham

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Graham, a Huddersfield works chemist born in 1902, won a national speaking competition in 1936. In 1944 he was elected to the executive of the National Union of Conservative Associations and last year became its chairman.

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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 : Rother Valley

CANDIDATE : Breare

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. R. A. Breare, 35, is the manager of a West Riding group of newspapers. During the war he served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He is honorary treasurer of the Harrogate and District General Hospital.

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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 : Cardiff North

CANDIDATE : Howlett

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Howlett is national organizer of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers for South Wales and the West of England. Aged 51, he has been a member of the union for 21 years and of the Labour Party since 1917. He has been active in local government since 1923, and holds appointments in the gas and electricity industries.

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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 : Davies

PARTY : Welsh Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Davies graduated with first-class honours at Cardiff University in 1922, and is Welsh master at Tonypandy Grammar School. He was born in 1897. He is a lecturer on Welsh, religious and social subjects, a member of New Wales Union, and a pioneer of the Welsh Nationalist 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 : Caernarvon

CANDIDATE : Williams

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. W. Williams is 37, and was at the Sir John Cass Technical Institute in London. From 1930 to 1934 he was in the research department at Woolwich Arsenal, and then he joined his father in the management of the Glaslyn Foundry, of which he is managing director. He is a member of the Portmadoc Urban Council and chairman of the Festiniog Group Committee, which administers local gas undertakings under the Wales Gas Board.

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