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 : Wrexham

CANDIDATE : Lewis

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. H. M. Lewis is a son of Sir H. Lewis, who sat in Parliament for more than 30 years as Liberal member for Flintshire and later, the University of Wales. Aged 48, Dr. Lewis graduated with first-class honours at Edinburgh and London, served in the war in Belgium, Holland, and Germany, and since 1946 has been a lecturer in biology.

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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 : Gower

CANDIDATE : Grenfell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. David Grenfell, born in 1881, went to work underground as a miner at the age of 12 and continued until lie was 35. He was appointed a miners’ agent in 1916, was first elected as member for Gower in 1922, and has represented the division since. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Safety in Mines in 1936, and was Secretary for Mines from 1940 to 1942.

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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 : Merionethshire

CANDIDATE : Evans

PARTY : Welsh Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Evans was trained as a lawyer and is a farmer and market gardener in the Towy Valley. He is a member of Caernarvon County Council and of the Court of the University of Wales. He was a founder member of the New Wales Union and of the Advisory Committee of the B.B.C. in Wales. He has been president of the Welsh Nationalist Party since 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 : Pembrokeshire

CANDIDATE : Lloyd-George

PARTY : L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. Gwilym Lloyd-George, a son of the late Earl Lloyd-George, has, except for the period 1924-29, represented the constituency since 1922. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in 1931 and in ]939 to 1941, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food in 1941-42. From then until the General Election of 1945 he was Minister of Fuel and Power. He was born in 1894 and educated at Eastbourne College and Jesus College, Cambridge.

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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 : Dundee West

CANDIDATE : Canning

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. J. Canning is the director of a firm of confectionery manufacturers. He unsuccessfully contested a by-election at South Bradford as an Independent Liberal. He was nominated after the former prospective Liberal candidate for West Dundee had withdrawn.

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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 : 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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