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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : North Angus and Mearns Constituency – Biography of Jurtice

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : North Angus and Mearns Constituency – Biography of Jurtice

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : North Angus and Mearns

    CANDIDATE : Jurtice

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. R. Justice, who is 44, was Labour Party ag^nt at Galloway in 1945. He has had a variety of jobs, having been a farm hand in Canada and an officer in the Navy during the war, and is an actor. He played Petty Officer Evans in Scott of the Antarctic and the doctor in Whisky Galore.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kilmarnock Constituency – Biography of Shaw

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kilmarnock Constituency – Biography of Shaw

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kilmarnock

    CANDIDATE : Shaw

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Col. A. D. MacI. Shaw was one of Mr. Asquith’s opponents in the Paisley by-election in 1923, and in the next year was elected member for Bridgeton division of Glasgow, which he represented until 1929. Aged 54, he is a son of a former Lord Provost of Glasgow, and managing director of a firm of ironfounders. He served in India during the last war.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dunbartonshire East Constituency – Biography of Kirkwood

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dunbartonshire East Constituency – Biography of Kirkwood

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dunbartonshire East

    CANDIDATE : Kirkwood

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. David Kirkwood was member for the old Dumbarton Burghs division since 1922, and in spite of his 78 years is still an active worker for Clydeside, with which he has been long associated. Educated at Parkhead Public School, he was trained as an engineer and for many years was recognized as the engineers’ leader in Scotland. He was on Glasgow Town Council for four years before entering Parliament. He was a strong advocate of the Government financial support for building the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth. In 1948 he was made a Privy Councillor.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ross and Cromarty Constituency – Biography of Reid

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ross and Cromarty Constituency – Biography of Reid

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ross and Cromarty

    CANDIDATE : Reid

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. C. Reid, born in 1925, took an M.A. degree with honours in economics and politics at Glasgow University, where he is studying law. He founded the Glasgow University Labour Party, was its first secretary and has been chairman. In the last war he worked as a coal miner.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Lanarkshire North Constituency – Biography of Herbison

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Lanarkshire North Constituency – Biography of Herbison

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Lanarkshire North

    CANDIDATE : Herbison

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Miss M. Herbison was born in 1907 and educated at Glasgow University and is a teacher. A daughter of a miner, she has been associated with the Labour movement all her life. She won North Lanark from the Conservatives in 1945. She is the only woman member of the Miners’ Welfare Commission, and she went to Strasbourg last August as the only woman delegate of the British Government to the Council of Europe. She is a member of the national executive of the Labour Party.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kinross and West Perthshire Constituency – Biography of McLaren

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kinross and West Perthshire Constituency – Biography of McLaren

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kinross and West Perthshire

    CANDIDATE : McLaren

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Maj. D. McLaren was born at Balquhid-der 39 years ago and was educated at Edinburgh University. Although a qualified chartered accountant, he never practised. As a major in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, he was attached to the British Intelligence Service in the war. He also served with General Eisenhower’s Intelligence Staff, and was three years at Shaef, where he was head of the economic counter-espionage intelligence. His wife is an official of the American Intelligence Service.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : West Stirlingshire Constituency – Biography of Anderson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : West Stirlingshire Constituency – Biography of Anderson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : West Stirlingshire

    CANDIDATE : Anderson

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Miss B. M. H. Anderson was born in 1915 and educated at St. Leonard’s School, St. Andrews. She has been a member of Stirling County Council since 1945, and before that she was a member of the Dunnipace District Council for 10 years. During the war Miss Anderson held the rank of chief commander of the A.T.S., and was the first woman member of the Glasgow Territorial Association.

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  • FACTS AND FIGURES : Leaders of the SNP at Westminster

    FACTS AND FIGURES : Leaders of the SNP at Westminster

    The list of SNP Leaders at Westminster.

    Westminster Leader : Start – End

    Donald Stewart : 1974 – 1987

    Margaret Ewing : 1987 – 1999

    Alasdair Morgan : 1999 – 2001

    Alex Salmond : 2001 – 2007

    Angus Robertson : 2007 – 2017

    Ian Blackford : 2017 – 2022

    Stephen Flynn : 2022 –

  • House of Lords – Members with Over 40 Years of Service

    House of Lords – Members with Over 40 Years of Service

    The below are those members of the House of Lords with 40 or more years of service, with this list last being updated in November 2022. Only Baroness Gardner of Parkes and Baroness Masham of Ilton are Life Peers.

    The Earl of Shrewsbury Shrewsbury, E. 69 Male Conservative
    Baroness Gardner of Parkes Gardner of Parkes, B. 95 Female Conservative
    The Earl of Rosslyn Rosslyn, E. 64 Male Crossbench
    The Earl of Courtown Courtown, E. 68 Male Conservative
    Lord St John of Bletso St John of Bletso, L. 65 Male Crossbench
    Lord Henley Henley, L. 68 Male Conservative
    The Earl of Erroll Erroll, E. 74 Male Crossbench
    Lord Glenarthur Glenarthur, L. 78 Male Conservative
    Lord Crathorne Crathorne, L. 83 Male Conservative
    Lord Greenway Greenway, L. 81 Male Crossbench
    Lord Geddes Geddes, L. 85 Male Conservative
    Viscount Craigavon Craigavon, V. 78 Male Crossbench
    Viscount Astor Astor, V. 70 Male Conservative
    Earl Peel Peel, E. 75 Male Crossbench
    The Earl of Caithness Caithness, E. 73 Male Conservative
    Baroness Masham of Ilton Masham of Ilton, B. 87 Female Crossbench
    The Earl of Liverpool Liverpool, E. 77 Male Conservative
    Lord Brougham and Vaux Brougham and Vaux, L. 84 Male Conservative
    Lord Hylton Hylton, L. 90 Male Crossbench
    Lord Trefgarne Trefgarne, L. 81 Male Conservative
  • House of Lords – Members Aged 90 and Over

    House of Lords – Members Aged 90 and Over

    The list of Lords in the House of Lords aged 90 or over, with the list last being updated in November 2022.

    Lord Alliance Alliance, L. 90 Male Liberal Democrat
    Lord Bhatia Bhatia, L. 90 Male Non-affiliated
    Lord Clarke of Hampstead Clarke of Hampstead, L. 90 Male Labour
    Lord Hylton Hylton, L. 90 Male Crossbench
    Lord Kalms Kalms, L. 90 Male Non-affiliated
    Lord Lawson of Blaby Lawson of Blaby, L. 90 Male Conservative
    Lord Morris of Aberavon Morris of Aberavon, L. 90 Male Labour
    Lord Singh of Wimbledon Singh of Wimbledon, L. 90 Male Crossbench
    Lord Wakeham Wakeham, L. 90 Male Conservative
    Viscount Bridgeman Bridgeman, V. 91 Male Conservative
    Viscount Eccles Eccles, V. 91 Male Conservative
    Lord Jopling Jopling, L. 91 Male Conservative
    Lord Marlesford Marlesford, L. 91 Male Conservative
    Lord Paul Paul, L. 91 Male Non-affiliated
    Lord Hoyle Hoyle, L. 92 Male Labour
    Baroness Seccombe Seccombe, B. 92 Female Conservative
    Baroness Boothroyd Boothroyd, B. 93 Female Crossbench
    Lord Craig of Radley Craig of Radley, L. 93 Male Crossbench
    Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. 94 Male Liberal Democrat
    Lord Taverne Taverne, L. 94 Male Liberal Democrat
    Baroness Gardner of Parkes Gardner of Parkes, B. 95 Female Conservative
    Lord Christopher Christopher, L. 97 Male Labour