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 : Banffshire

CANDIDATE : Duthie

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. S. Duthie, elected for the constituency in 1945, is a Banff-shire man and was born in a fishing village and trained in a Buckie bank. After living in Canada for some years, he served in the 1914-18 war in The Gordon Highlanders and the Canadian Army. He was at the Ministry of Food in an administrative capacity in the last war and was deputy chief of the Unrra organization in 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 : Dunbartonshire West

CANDIDATE : Hart

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Hart, aged 38, formerly a welder in a Clyde shipyard and convener of shop stewards in the yard, has been a member of the Communist Party since its inception, and has been a party organizer in Scotland and Sheffield. He is a former member of the Clyde-bank Town Council, and is industrial organizer in London for the 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 : 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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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 : Fulham West

CANDIDATE : Summerskill

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. Edith Summerskill was appointed Jjj Parliamentary Secretary W to the Ministry of Food I in 1945 and is a Privy §J’ Councillor. Born in l”01, she became a doctor in 1924, and was in practice until 1945. khe is married to a doctor, and has two children. From 1932 to 1938, she served on the Middlesex County Council, and was elected to Parliament in 1938.

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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 : Hammersmith South

CANDIDATE : Ritter

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. S. Ritter, who was born in 1925, was educated at Cheltenham and the London School of Economics. A former Civil servant, he is a professional philatelist. In 1947-48 he was chairman of the London University Liberal Federation. During the war he was a radio officer in the Merchant Navy.

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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 : Islington South West

CANDIDATE : Waddilove

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. W. Waddilove is a Fleet Street printer and an active trade unionist. During the war he served with the Air Ministry and for four years was inspector-in-charge of aircraft factories. He is 39.

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