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 : Watford

CANDIDATE : Bemrose

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Bemrose is assistant managing director of the family printing business, and has lived in Watford for 15 years. He was educated at Derby, Brighton College (of which he is a governor), and Cambridge, where he played Rugby for the university and got his half-blue for swimming and water polo. He was a lecturer to the Forces on current affairs 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 : West Ham North

CANDIDATE : Phillips

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. L. Phillips, aged 33, was public relations officer with the Ministry of Fuel and Power, but resigned to contest the election. He has travelled extensively in South America.

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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 : Willesden West

CANDIDATE : Michaelson

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Michaelson is 38 and lives at Hendon. He is chairman of the National Council of Shop Stewards and editor of its journal. During the war he was on munitions service. A member of the A.E.U. he is vice-president of Hendon Trades 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 : Wood Green

CANDIDATE : Ellis

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. P. J. Ellis, who is aged 35, is an engineer and company director. An organist and composer, he has been an amateur member of the B.B.C. chorus and the Westminster Abbey special choir. He is on the executive of the London Liberal Party, and unsuccessfully fought Dulwich in 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 : Bedfordshire Mid

CANDIDATE : Martell

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. K. Martell was also a candidate at the 1945 election, gaining only 2,313 votes fewer than Mr. Lennox-Boyd. Aged 39, he was educated at Bedford School and is a solicitor and partner in a London firm. He is a member of the Home Counties executive and of the council of the Liberal 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 : Wokingham

CANDIDATE : McQuade

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. McQuade, an architect and surveyor, aged 47, was educated at Middlesbrough, where he was born, and St. Mary’s College, Hammersmith. He is a fellow of the Faculty of Architects and before the war was a member of the panel set up by the Federation of Residents’ and Tenants’ Associations to advise on matters concerning speculative building.

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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 : Cambridgeshire

CANDIDATE : Howlett

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. T. Howlett, born in 1893, has specialized in poultry farming for 30 years, and served many years as a parish councillor, rural district councillor, and county councillor. He is managing director and chairman of an egg packing station at Soham, and has been a member of the council of the Poultry Association of Great Britain since 1935.

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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 : Northwich

CANDIDATE : Mapp

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Mapp, a railway clerk aged 47, is chairman of Altrincham and Sale Labour Party. A prominent member of the Railway Clerks’ Association, he is now chairman of the South Lancashire Divisional Council. He has served on Sale Borough 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 : Falmouth and Camborne

CANDIDATE : Agnew

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Cmdr. P. G. Agnew (50) was educated at Repton and at the Royal Naval College, Keyham. He joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and retired in 1931, but rejoined in September, 1939, and served until October, 1944. He was elected M.P. for the former Camborne division in 1935, and retained the seat in the last Parliament when it was amalgamated with Falmouth. In May, 1945, he was appointed an assistant Government Whip, and in August, 1945, was appointed a Conservative Whip. He is member for Truro diocese in the House of Laity of the Church Assembly and a Church Commissioner for England.

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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 : Workington

CANDIDATE : Peart

PARTY : Lab

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. F. Peart is a schoolmaste? and qualified at Durham University in 1936. He was born in 1914 and served in the Army in the last war, rising to the rank of captain. He was elected for Working-ton in 1945 and has been Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Agriculture. He is a member of the national executive of the Playing Fields’ Association.

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