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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Carlton Constituency – Biography of Pickthorn

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Carlton Constituency – Biography of Pickthorn

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Carlton

    CANDIDATE : Pickthorn

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. Kenneth Pickthorn, who was born in 1892, was elected for Cambridge University at a by-election in 1935 and was returned in 1945. Educated at Aldenham and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained firsts in the History Tripos, he is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College and a lecturer in history. During the 1914-18 war he served in the London Regiment and the R.A.F. in France and Macedonia. He was vice-chairman of the Conservative Party foreign affairs committee, and the author of several historical works.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Henley Constituency – Biography of Hay

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Henley Constituency – Biography of Hay

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Henley

    CANDIDATE : Hay

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. Hay is a solicitor practising in Brighton and London. Born in 1919 and educated at Brighton Grammar School, he has been an office holder in the Junior Imperial League and the Young Conservatives, and was the national chairman of that body from 1947 to 1949. During the war he was lieutenant in the R.N.V.R., receiving promotion after 10 months’ service.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Somerset North Constituency – Biography of Field

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Somerset North Constituency – Biography of Field

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Somerset North

    CANDIDATE : Field

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mrs. Xenia Field, a journalist and playwright, was born in 1894, and educated at Ascot and in Paris. She studied economics, was a member of the L.C.C. from 1946 to last year, and is a member of the London executive council under the National Health Scheme. During the war she served at the Ministry of Supply, and has served on a Home Office advisory committee on the treatment of offenders.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Brierley Hill Constituency – Biography of Hanley

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Brierley Hill Constituency – Biography of Hanley

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Brierley Hill

    CANDIDATE : Hanley

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. T. P. Hanley, aged 33, is the first Liberal candidate in the area for over 20 years. He is a sheet-metal worker employed in a motor-car factory. He served five years in the R.A.F.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Eye Constituency – Biography of Harrison

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Eye Constituency – Biography of Harrison

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Eye

    CANDIDATE : Harrison

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Lt.-Col. J. H. Harrison was born in 1907 and has been connected with local and national politics for 20 years. He is associated with an Ipswich publishing firm, and has been a member of the town council. During the war he commanded a battalion of The Suffolk Regiment and was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dorking Constituency – Biography of Richard

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dorking Constituency – Biography of Richard

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dorking

    CANDIDATE : Richard

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. D. Richard was born in 1917, and educated at Roborough School, Eastbourne, in which town he lives and of which his father was mayor. He is director and general manager of a circuit of Sussex cinemas. Commissioned in the Territorial Army in 1937, he served throughout the last war, and was in Burma as a major in the Indian Army.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Guildford Constituency – Biography of Philpott

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Guildford Constituency – Biography of Philpott

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Guildford

    CANDIDATE : Philpott

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. F. H. Philpott, born in 1897, is a prhate tutor and holds the M.A. degree in engineering from Pembroke College, Oxford. His first teaching appointment was at Dover College, and after setting up a private preparatory school be took up private teaching. Fie has been associated with the Liberals all his life. In the 1914-18 war he served in the R.N.A.S.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Arundel and Shoreham Constituency – Biography of Cuthbert

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Arundel and Shoreham Constituency – Biography of Cuthbert

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Arundel and Shoreham

    CANDIDATE : Cuthbert

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. N. Cuthbert, mayor of Bexhill, 1936-42, was elected for Rye in 1945. He is 60, was trained in banking in Scotland and London and held executive posts with the Imperial Bank of Persia for 21 years. After serving in the Army 1914-19, he was elected to Bexhill Council, and in 1943 was given the freedom of the borough. He resigned his county council seat on election to Parliament.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Solihull Constituency – Biography of Camp

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Solihull Constituency – Biography of Camp

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Solihull

    CANDIDATE : Camp

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. N. Camp, who is in his twenty-fourth year, was educated at Bradfield and Oriel College, Oxford, winning an open scholarship. During the war he served with the 6th Airborne Division in Palestine. He returned to Oxford on demobilization to continue his studies, and while there was chairman of the Labour Club.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chippenham Constituency – Biography of Collins

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chippenham Constituency – Biography of Collins

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chippenham

    CANDIDATE : Collins

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. G. Collins is a director of 15 building companies and companies concerned with the export trade to south-east Europe. He was chairman of the technical committee responsible for the aluminium prefabricated house, and has been associated with the Ministry of Aircraft Production and the Ministry of Works. He was born in 1906.

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