CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Walthamstow East
CANDIDATE : Barber
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. H. Barber is a publisher and author. Born in 1907, he was in early life a bank clerk. He served in the war with the Royal Engineers and the Africa Pioneer Corps, and was demobilized with the rank of captain.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wembley North
CANDIDATE : Bullus
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. E. E. Bullus, born in 1906 and educated at Leeds University, is a journalist. He entered Leeds City Coun- * cil at the age of 23, -,gm *ZSF ;r and served until joining the R.A.F.V.R. in 1940. During the war he served on Lord Mount-batten’s staff in South-East Asia. He is secretary of the London Municipal Society and a member of Harrow Urban District Council.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : West Ham South
CANDIDATE : de la Motte
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mrs. M. De La Motte was born in Johannesburg in 1912 and came to England at the age of 10. Prior to the war she was assistant secretary to the National Fitness Council for Shropshire and Herefordshire, and on the outbreak of war she joined the B.B.C. She was next regional organizer for the W.V.S. in London. Since the war her work with the W.V.S. has included assisting with the promotion of home help schemes.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wolverhampton North East
CANDIDATE : Holland
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. G. H. Holland, who comes from Acocks Green, Birmingham, is a member of the central office staff of the West Midlands Area Conservative and Unionist Association, For 16 years he represented Lancashire, Cheshire and Westmorland as labour advisory delegate on the executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Worthing
CANDIDATE : Prior-Palmer
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Brig. O. L. Prior-Palmer was first returned in 1945 for the old Worthing division of West Sussex. Aged 52, he was educated at Wellington and Sandhurst, and commissioned in 1916 in the 9th Lancers. In the war he commanded an armoured brigade in Italy. He has travelled extensively and is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Abingdon
CANDIDATE : McCullagh
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. J. McCullagh, who is in an export business and was formerly sales and general manager for an office machinery firm, was born in 1908 and was educated in Australia and London School of Economics. He was chairman of St. Marylebone Labour Party, 1946-47, and has been on the borough council since 1945.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Buckingham
CANDIDATE : Markham
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. S. F. Markham was successively Labour and National Labour M.P. for Rochester, 1929-31. He was joint Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. He then left the Party and was elected National M.P. for South Nottingham in 1935, losing the seat in 1945. He was educated at Stony Stratford and Wolverton, and at Wadham College, Oxford. He is an author, a Fellow of several learned societies, and an expert on museums. He is 53.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chester
CANDIDATE : McKinnon
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
The Rev. C. McKinnon, a Presbyterian minister in Liverpool, was the founder of the Labour Party in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and introduced the Co-operative movement there. A padre during the war, he won the M.C. at Salerno for saving wounded under fire.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Stalybridge and Hyde
CANDIDATE : Lang
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
The Rev. Gordon Lang was born in 1893 and educated at ?on-mouth Grammar School and Theological College. Joining the Labour Party in 1916, he was senior M.P. for Oldham, 1929-31, and was elected for Stalybridge and Hyde in 1945, after fighting Old-ham in 1931 and 1935 and the Stalybridge by-election in 1937. A member of the Fabian Society, he led Parliamentary delegations to Japan in 1946 and 1947. He is on the Chairmen’s Panel at the House, chairman of the Proportional Representation Society, a founder member of Christian Action, and is on the international executive of the European Movement.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : St Ives
CANDIDATE : Howard
PARTY : C. & Nat. L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. Greville R. Howard is a member of Westminster City Council and was mayor in 1947. Forty years of age, he was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and was commissioned in The Somerset Light Infantry. He relinquished his commission in order to go into business and take up local government work. Before the last war he joined the R.N.V.R. and served through the war in command of destroyers.
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