Tag: 1950 General Election

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 : Manchester Gorton

CANDIDATE : Oldfield

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. H. Oldfield, a former cotton operative who was Labour Party agent for 20 years before winning the seat in a by-election in 1942, was Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Education. For over 20 years he represented Openshaw on Manchester City Council and is an alderman. He is 67, and was for many years secretary of the Gorton Trades and Labour 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 : Merton and Morden

CANDIDATE : Douglas

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. I. Douglas, aged 25, is a teacher at Edinburgh University, where he is also studying philosophy. He was educated at Mitcham Secondary School and Rutlish School, Merton. He has written scientific papers on biological subjects and is a student of Greek classics.

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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 : Newcastle upon Tyne Central

CANDIDATE : White

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. C. White was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, and is 40. He went into commerce, and when the war broke out served in France as adjutant of the Durban squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force. After the fall of France he was posted to Rhodesia and to home stations, and was demobilized with the rank of squadron leader. He is interested in education, agriculture, and industrial relations.

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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 : Norwich North

CANDIDATE : Bennett

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Air Vice-Marshal D. C. T. Bennett is an Australian and was born in 1910. He was the creator and A.O.C. of Bomber Command’s Pathfinder Force. On leaving the R.A.F. in 1945 he became chief executive officer of British South American Airways, resigning in February, 1948, after differences on matters of policy. He is chairman of the executive committee of the United Nations Association in Great Britain. He represented Middlesbrough West from May to July, 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 : Oldbury and Halesowen

CANDIDATE : Moyle

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Moyle, who is 56, received part of his education at Fircroft College, Birmingham. He was at one time secretary of Shrewsbury Building Trades Federation. In 1945 he won the Stour-bridge division from the Conservatives, and in the last Parliament was Parliamentary private secretary to the Prime Minister. He was a member of the Rushcliffe Committee on nurses’conditions and salaries, and is a member of the T.U.C. Advisory Committee. He is a trade union official.

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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 : Plymouth Devonport

CANDIDATE : Du Cann

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. C. Cann, a commercial traveller in canned goods and food, was born in Plymouth in 1902 and educated there. He has been active in local government affairs. A convert from the Conservative Party, he is chairman of Falmouth and Camborne Liberal Association, and an amateur actor and playwright.

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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 : Portsmouth West

CANDIDATE : Swanton

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Swanton, 27, was born at Portsea, Portsmouth and is a tool maker. He joined the Communist Party in 1942 and is a member of the Hants, Dorset, and district committee of the party. He has been an A.E.U. shop steward, and is chairman of the A.E.U. branch at Copnor, Portsmouth. He stood as Communist candidate for the Portsmouth City Council in 1949 and was defeated.

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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 : Richmond

CANDIDATE : Watt

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir George Harvie Watt, K.C., has been M.P. for Richmond since 1937, and represented Keighley 1931-35. During the war he was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Churchill. He was a member of Kensington Borourfr Council from 1934 to 1945, and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey in 1942. He was educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1930, practising in London and on the N.E. Circuit. He is actively interested in the Territorial Army and is a director in several companies. He was given a baronetcy 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 : Rotherham

CANDIDATE : Foster

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. M. Foster, aged 55, was for 17 years a school teacher. Until two years ago she had been national propaganda officer of the Old Age Pensioners’ Association. She is chairman of Rotherham Women’s Liberal Association and of the Independent Traders’ Alliance.

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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 : Sheffield Attercliffe

CANDIDATE : Hynd

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. B. Hynd, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is 48, and was a railway clerk before being returned unopposed in 1944. He speaks several languages, and during the war regularly broadcast to Germany, France, and Italy. From 1945 to 1947 he had Ministerial responsibility for the British side of the Control Commission in Germany and Austria, and from April to October, 1947, he was Minister of Pensions.

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