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 : Rhondda West

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Welsh Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. K. Davies was born in 1902, and obtained his B.A. degree at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Since 1926 he has taught in Rhondda schools. He is a playwright, and two of his plays won premier honours at the national Eisteddfod. He is a member of the National Eisteddfod Drama 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 : Conway

CANDIDATE : Price-White

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. D. A. Price-White was born in 1906, and was at the University College of North Wales. He was admitted a solicitor in 1932 and started in practice in Bangor. He served with the Army during the war and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was a member of Caernarvonshire County Council, but resigned in 1941. He won Caernarvon Boroughs from the Liberals 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 : Wrexham

CANDIDATE : Bowen

PARTY : Welsh Nat.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Bowen, aged 33, is a master at Ruabon Grammar School who gained his M.A., with honours in mathematics and economics, at the North Wales University College, Bangor. .At the age of 28 he won the chair at the Royal National Eisteddfod at Mountain Ash.

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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 : Gower

CANDIDATE : Harding

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Harding, born in 1901, was educated at Cambridge, qualified as a solicitor, was called to the Bar in 1928 and practised on the Wales and Chester circuit. He is Chancellor of the Diocese of St. David’s, and a member of the govening body of the Church in Wales. A keen Rugby footballer, he has captained Cambridge University, the Barbarians, and Wales, and was Welsh sprint champion in 1922 and 1926. He unsuccessfully contested East Swansea 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 : Abertillery

CANDIDATE : Daggar

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Daggar, member for the division since 1929, received a board school education and started work at 12 as a miner. Later he went to the Central Labour College, and became a miners’ agent in 1921. He is now vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party and chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary 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 : Aberdeen North

CANDIDATE : Hughes

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Hector Hughes, K.C., had twice unsuccessfully contested North-West Camberwell before becoming M.P. for this division in 1945. Born in 1887, he was called to the Bar in 1923 and took silk in 1932. He has served on the se!e;t committees on Publ?c Accounts, Estimates, Elections and Statutory Rules and Orders.

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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 : Dunfermline Burghs

CANDIDATE : Clunie

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Clunie was born in 1889, became a house painter, and was for 18 years a member of the executive of the Scottish painters’ society, and three times its chairman. He has been chairman of the local Trades and Labour Council since 1926, and has served on the Dunfermline Town Council and the Fife education authority.

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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 : Edinburgh Pentlands

CANDIDATE : MacNair

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. A. MacNair is a Glasgow man of 45 who went to George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh. After eight years in the Far East he worked in 1939 as election agent for the Scottish Liberal Federation, and during the war was on the security staff of the regional commissioner for Scotland.

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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 : Glasgow Cathcart

CANDIDATE : Mitchell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. R. Mitchell, a Glasgow solicitor, was born in 1912, a son of Mr. E. Rosslyn Mitchell, who defeated the late Mr. Asquith (afterwards the Earl of Oxford and Asquith) in Paisley. As a lecturer he has been active in Labour propaganda locally, and he served as a corporal in the R.A.F. during the war.

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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 : Glasgow Kelvingrove

CANDIDATE : Elliot

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Walter Elliot, who had previously represented Lanark, Kel-vingrove, and the Scottish Universities, returned to fight Kelvingrove after the university seats were abolished. He had been defeated here in the 1945 election by only 48 votes, after having been member for the division since 1924. He has held a number of offices, including that of Secretary of State for Scotland, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Health. He holds honorary degrees from five universities. Born in 1888, he was educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University.

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