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 : Birmingham Erdington

CANDIDATE : Silverman

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Julius Silverman, wno gained the seat from Air Cdr. Wright in 1945, was born in 1905, and nad an elementary and secondary education, rirst employed as a warehouseman, he later ltlor the Bar and was at Gray’s Inn in 1931. He practises in ngham. For 11 years until 1945 he was a rnem-Oer of the city 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 : Birmingham Northfield

CANDIDATE : Blackburn

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Raymond Blackburn, who was born in 1915, was educated at J^ugby, studied law at London University, and was awarded the Newton Irize of the Law Society. He served in the Army from 1939 to 1945, and was promoted to captain. He won the King’s Norton division from the Conservatives in 1945 with a 12,298 majority. He is a member of the Parliamentary Labour I’arty group on external affairs. In his Publications he has given a great deal of attention to the problems and rights of soldiers.

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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 : Birmingham Yardley

CANDIDATE : Usborne

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. C. Usborne was M.P. for Acocks Green in the last Parliament. Aged 41, Mr. Usborne lived in the Punjab as a child, his father being in the Indian Civil Service. He gained an honours degree in engineering at Cambridge and in 1932 he started as an oil combustion engineer, founding a company of which he is now chairman. He is vice-president of the National Peace 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 : Bolton East

CANDIDATE : Booth

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Booth was born on February 24, 1893, and started work as a half-timer. For 16 years he was a member of Bolton Town Council and has been mayor. He has taken a great interest in the work of the local Y.M.C.A., and is also chairman of t?e Bolton Savings Committee. He is a Methodist local preacher.

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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 : Bradford Central

CANDIDATE : Boyce

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Boyce, who was born in Worcestershire in 1882, was a schoolmaster in Liverpool and Blackburn. He worked for the Royal Navy in the war on research with smoke floats and depth charges. Later, ‘he was deputy director of education at Coventry and director at Middlesbrough, before his appointment to Bradford in a similar capacity in 1925. He is now retired.

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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 : Brighouse and Spenborough

CANDIDATE : Cobb

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. A. Cobb won Elland for Labour in 1945. Born in 1901, he served in the Merchant Navy during the 1914-18 war. He is a radio engineer and general manager of a firm producing wireless equipment. An associate of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, he is also a member of the American Institute of Radio Engineers.

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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 : Bristol North West

CANDIDATE : Pugh

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss F. M. Pugh, daughter of the secretary of the Devon Congregational Union, was Mayoress of Torquay during the mayoralty of her father. She was secretary to the late Mr. Edgar Wallace when he contested Mid-Bucks in 1930, and has experience of local government as a member of Devon County 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 : Burnley

CANDIDATE : Whitaker

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Whitaker, aged 40, began work in the cotton industry at the age of 12 as a half-timer. At 16 he joined the Labour Party, and at 21 was elected to the Nelson and Colne divisional executive. He subsequently became district organizer for the Communist Party and served for five years as a member of the party’s national executive committee.

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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 : Chesterfield

CANDIDATE : O’Neill

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. O’Neill, aged 40, is assistant manager ?t a large multiple store in Rotherham. Born in Cardiff in 1909, he spent his early years in the coal export trade. He served with Bomber Command during the war, and at the AIr?e of his demobilization was Unit Settlement Adviser.

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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 : Croydon East

CANDIDATE : Billson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss M. Billson, a 47-year-old solicitor, was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, articled to a solicitor in Whitechapel, and admitted in 1929. For four years she was a member of Croydon Town Council.

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