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 : Leeds North East

CANDIDATE : Ramelson

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. Ramelson, a Yorkshireman, is a law graduate from the Canadian University of Alberta. He joined the Communist Party in 1936 and served for 18 months with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. during which time he was twice wounded. He also served in the last war and was commissioned in the Royal Artillery. He is secretary of the Leeds Communist 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 : Leicester North East

CANDIDATE : Donovan

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. N. Donovan, K.C., aged 51, gained the old East Leicester seat from the Conservatives at the 1945 election. He was called to the Bar in 1924. He entered the Civil Service in 1920 and was for many years at Somerset House. He resigned in 1932 when he began practising at the Bar. In 1937 he was called to the Southern Rhodesian Bar. He was a member of the Denning Committee on divorce procedure and the Statute Law Revision 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 : Leyton

CANDIDATE : Williams

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. J. Williams, who is 33, is a member of the staff of an insurance company. In 1939, as a member of the Territorial Army, he was commissioned almost immediately after the outbreak of the war. He saw service in the Far East and Africa, and then became a parachutist in the Special Forces organization, which coordinated with the resistance movements in occupied countries. He is a native of Hampstead.

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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 : Liverpool Kirkdale

CANDIDATE : Pritchard

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss J. S. Pritchard, aged 22, decided to stand only 48 hours before nominations closed, and was actually nominated before she was adopted. A Liverpool insurance clerk, she is secretary of the Liberal Association in the Walton division of Liverpool. She helped to form the Young Liberals’ organization in Walton.

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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 : Luton

CANDIDATE : Warbey

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. N. Warbey, who is 46, has a long record of service in the Labour movement. Before the war he was tutor-organizer for the National Council of Labour Colleges. During the war he was chief English Press Officer to the Norwegian Government in London, and has since travelled extensively in Europe. He holds an honours degree at London University, where he studied languages and economics. In the last Parliament he frequently criticized Mr. Bevin’s foreign policy. He became M.P. for Luton 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 : Manchester Exchange

CANDIDATE : Cooper

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Cooper, aged 36, was educated at Cardiff High School and University College of Wales, where he took his LL.B. After serving in the R.A.F. for five and a half years, mostly as a station adjutant, he studied theology at St. Andrew’s University and turned to social work. He holds an administrative post with a large welfare organization in London. He is also joint hon. secretary of the National Temperance Federation.

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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 : Merton and Morden

CANDIDATE : Palmer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. M. F. Palmer, aged 37, won Wimbledon from the Conservatives at the 1945 election. Educated at Ashford County School and at technical colleges, he studied electrical engineering from 1931 to 1935, and in 1936 joined the head office staff of the London Power Company. During his term in Parliament he concentrated on fuel and power questions, and was vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party fuel and power committee. He was formerly a member of the Brentford and Chiswick 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 : Newcastle upon Tyne Central

CANDIDATE : Wilkes

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. Wilkes is a barrister on the North Eastern Circuit and was born in 1914. He was educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was chairman of the University Labour Club in 1937. In the war he saw service with the Greek rebels operating behind the German lines, and rose to the rank of major.

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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 : Norwich North

CANDIDATE : Rees

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. V. R. Rees was born in 1903 and is a son of a Baptist minister. A teacher, he was first chairman of the London Conservative Teachers’ Association. He is a member of the Council for Education in World Citizenship. During the war he organized emergency feeding services in Hampstead, St. Pancras, Holborn, Westminster, and Lambeth.

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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 : Nottingham South

CANDIDATE : Watkins

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. G. Watkins, aged 37, and an economist with an oil company, was educated at Cambridge and the University of Wales, specializing in international law and international relations. During the last war he served in the Australian Forces, subsequently transferring to the Indian Army, and after the war he was on the military government in Hongkong.

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