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 : Bilston

CANDIDATE : Nally

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Nally, a journalist, born in 1914, served as a war correspondent in north-west Europe, after having been discharged from the R.A. as medically unfit. At the age of 17 he was appointed leader of the Labour Youth movement in Manchester. He won Bilston in 1945 and became Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Town and Country Planning and secretary of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s Common Wealth Group.

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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 Hall Green

CANDIDATE : Crehan

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Crehan came to Birmingham as a schoolboy from Edinburgh, where he was born in 1919. From a secondary school he passed to Birmingham University, where he graduated M.A. with honours in English for a thesis on George Bernard Shaw. He has since had a varied experience in Post Office work, salesmanship, teaching, lecturing, and writing. He is a member of Staffs 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 : Birmingham Perry Barr

CANDIDATE : Hinks

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. Frances N. Hinks, a local housewife, is president of Birmingham Women’s Liberal Association. She recently spent a month in the British zone in Western Germany.

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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 : Blackburn East

CANDIDATE : Hague

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Hague is a native of Blackpool and was born in 1922- Before the war he worked «i the Blackpool Education Department and in */°cal bank, joining the Army in 1941. He was discharged in March, 1944, after injury to a if8 during an assault course. After the war “e secured a LL.B. degree at London Univer-elty, and is a barrister on the Northern Circuit. ?’ is chairman of Blackpool South Liberal l^°5,iation and president of the Lancashire *nQ Cheshire Young Liberals 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 : Bootle

CANDIDATE : Kinley

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Kinley represented Bootle, 1929-31 and since 1945. He is a hairdresser, and served J°r many years on Bootle ^Jil, of which he is an alderman. For many years was a member of «f I.L.P. He is self-B-ed’ writes Gregg’s Pitman’s shorthand, and has taught himself French, German, and Spanish.

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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 North

CANDIDATE : Taylor

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. J. Taylor was born in 1902 and educated at Barnsley and Sheffield University. He ls a civil engineering contractor and a fellow and member of the coun-cil of the Institute of Builders. A member of Barnsley Borough Council, 1933-45, he is closely associated with the Territorial and Air Training Corps movements, he is a member of the Air Ministry’s advisory 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 : Brighton Pavilion

CANDIDATE : Knowles

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. Knowles, aged 48, has been a London journalist for many years. He is chairman of the Labour group on Brighton Town Council of which he became a member in 1944, and is vice-president of the Sussex Federation of Trade Councils.

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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 South East

CANDIDATE : Goudge

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. J. Goudge, born in 1889 and 20 years a resident in Bristol, has been a footman and a butler and is a steward. He is a former Methodist local preacher, and served in the 1914-18 war with The Royal West Kent Regt.

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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 : Cambridge

CANDIDATE : Symonds

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. L. Symonds, who became first Labour member for Cambridge in 1945 at the age of 34, was formerly a school teacher. By scholarships from an elementary school he went to Perse School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He gained an open scholarship in classics, and graduated with honours in Classics and English. He was chairman of the University Labour Club, and a half-Blue for lacrosse. He saw a good deal of service in the war, and was twice mentioned in dispatches.

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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 : Coventry North

CANDIDATE : Edelman

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Edelman, born in 1911 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, went into the plywood industry in 1931. As an outcome of his business travels in the Soviet Union, he wrote two books on Russia. He also worked as a war correspondent in North Africa and Normandy. He is specially interested in housing and town-planning. He was elected as M .P. for the old West Coventry division in 1945.

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