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 : Glasgow Springburn

CANDIDATE : McNicol

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. McNicol, a chartered accountant, fought the seat in 1935 and is a former president of the Springburn Unionist Association. He served in the 1914-18 war with The Highland Light Infantry and was the first to rejoin his battalion in 1939, later serving as a lieutenant-colonel in the European campaign.

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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 : Paisley

CANDIDATE : Black

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Black unsuccessfully contested the St. Rollox division of Glasgow in 1935. Born in 1899 and educated at Oxford, he has held appointments on the staff of a cotton firm in Paisley and abroad. He served in both world wars, and in the second gained the Air Force Cross of Greece.

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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 : South Angus

CANDIDATE : Jenkins

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Jenkins, a Dumfriesshire farmer, is 31 and was educated at Winchester. He is chairman of the local N.F.U. branch, a director of agricultural companies and of the Dumfriesshire Cattle Breeders’ Association, and an executive committee member of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers’ Clubs.

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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 : South Ayrshire

CANDIDATE : George

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. C. George, aged 48, is the son of a miner and entered the pits at the age of 14, rising to become a general manager in 1938. He severed his connexion with coal mining after nationalization and is chairman of a slate firm. In 1948 he was appointed chairman of the Mineral Resources Panel of the Scottish Council for Development and Industries.

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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 : Dunbartonshire West

CANDIDATE : Allan

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Cmdr. R. A. Allan had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy and was the youngest officer to hold the rank of commander in the R.N.V.R. For his war service he was awarded the D.S.O., the O.B.E., French Legion of Honour, and American Legion of Merit, and was four times mentioned in dispatches. For a time he was attached to the British Embassy, Washington, and is interested in Anglo-American relations. He contested Dunbartonshire 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 : Galloway

CANDIDATE : Thompson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. F. Thompson, aged 25, and an M.A. of Edinburgh, is taking an honours course in economics and political philosophy there. He served in the forces for five years, taking part in the Italian campaign, and later was warden of an agricultural hostel in Berwickshire.

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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 : Rutherglen

CANDIDATE : Goodfellow

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. C. B. Goodeellow is the chairman of the City of Glasgow Women’s Liberal Association. Her husband withdrew his candidature as a Liberal at Hillhead.

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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 : Renfrewshire East

CANDIDATE : Lloyd

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. Guy Lloyd, who was born in 1890, and went to Rossall and Keble College, Oxford, was until 1937 an administrator with a firm of thread manufacturers in Glasgow. He resigned to enter politics. In 1940 he won Renfrewshire at a by-election, and held the seat in 1945. He served in the 1914-18 war, and was awarded the D.S.O. He was also in the Army in the last war until his election to Parliament.

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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 : Battersea South

CANDIDATE : Ganley

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. C. S. Ganley has for many years been active in public life as a school manager and governor, and as a member of Battersea Council and the London County Council. She was also a director of London Co-operative Society for 28 years, and four times president. She was born in 1879, and had an elementary school education. She was first returned as M.P. for Battersea South in 1945, when her majority was 7,225.

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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 : Camberwell Peckham

CANDIDATE : Gibson

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Gibson, aged 34, son of a Tyneside shipyard worker, is a teacher. He served with the R.A.F. in the war, and is secretary of the local Communist Party.

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