Tag: 1950 General Election

  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dumfriesshire Constituency – Biography of Macpherson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dumfriesshire Constituency – Biography of Macpherson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dumfriesshire

    CANDIDATE : Macpherson

    PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Maj. Niall Macpherson, who belongs to a well – known Liberal family of lnvernessshire, was born in 1908, and was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and Trinity College, Oxford. He entered a business career and became manager of a British firm in Turkey. He was commissioned in the Territorial Army in the last war and went on a military mission to Madagascar.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Inverness Constituency – Biography of Bannerman

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Inverness Constituency – Biography of Bannerman

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Inverness

    CANDIDATE : Bannerman

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. M. Bannerman contested Argyll in the 1945 election. Educated at Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford, he holds a B.Sc.(Agric) degree and is now a factor and farmer. He has captained Scotland and Rugby and is known throughout the Highlands as a Gaelic singer. He was born in 1901.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Motherwell Constituency – Biography of McIntyre

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Motherwell Constituency – Biography of McIntyre

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Motherwell

    CANDIDATE : McIntyre

    PARTY : Scot. Nat.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Dr. R. D. McIntyre lost the seat to Labour in 1945 after having had the distinction of being the first Scottish Nationalist M.P. He was a member for only 32 days. A native of Motherwell and son of a former local minister, he was educated at Hamilton Academy, Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University. He is chairman of the Scottish Nationalist Party.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kinross and West Perthshire Constituency – Biography of Snadden

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kinross and West Perthshire Constituency – Biography of Snadden

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kinross and West Perthshire

    CANDIDATE : Snadden

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. McN. Snadden won Kinross and Western in 1939 in a by-election from the Duchess of Atholl, who resigned from the Conservative Party and stood as an Independent. A son of the manse, he served in the 1914-18 war and from 1939-40 was Parliam?ntary private secretary to the Under-Secretary for Scotland. An extensive farmer and stock breeder in Perthshire, he has been a champion of the rights of Scottish agriculture.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Constituency – Biography of Johnston

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Constituency – Biography of Johnston

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire

    CANDIDATE : Johnston

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. C. H. Johnston was born in Edinburgh in 1919, and was educated at the Royal High School there and at Edinburgh University. He has been in practice at the Scottish Bar since 1947. He is on the executive of the Scottish Liberal Federation and a past chairman of the Edinburgh Liberal Council. He served with the 51st Highland Division during the last war and was wounded.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Camberwell Dulwich Constituency – Biography of Vernon

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Camberwell Dulwich Constituency – Biography of Vernon

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Camberwell Dulwich

    CANDIDATE : Vernon

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Maj. W. F. Vernon won the seat in 1945. Born in 1882, he became an electrical and aeronautical engineer, and an engineer-lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. in the 1914-18 war. Afterwards he was a squadron-commander in the R.N.A.S. and a major in the R.A.F. Later he was a technical officer at the Air Ministry and assisted Mr. Tom Wintringham in founding the Home Guard School at Osterley Park. He is an organizer and lecturer of the Workers’ Education Association, and is an executive member of the Association of Scientific Workers.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Deptford Constituency – Biography of Miller

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Deptford Constituency – Biography of Miller

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Deptford

    CANDIDATE : Miller

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. Miller was born in Jamaica in 1924, and on coming to England won a scholarship – to the Royal School of Music, Kensington. Served with the R.A.F. during the last war, and is now employed in the London division of the Central Electricity Authority.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hammersmith North Constituency – Biography of Tomney

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hammersmith North Constituency – Biography of Tomney

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hammersmith North

    CANDIDATE : Tomney

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. F. Tomney was born in 1910 and edu-cated at elementary and technical schools. He is as electronic glass-blower, and a branch secretary j of the Municipal and General Workers’Union. Mr. Tomney is also a member of both Watford j Borough Council and the Herts County Council. He joined the Labour Party in 1925 and is a member of the Cooperative movement.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Islington East Constituency – Biography of Billson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Islington East Constituency – Biography of Billson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Islington East

    CANDIDATE : Billson

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. T. H. C. Billson, aged 34, was a company secretary before the war, during which he served in the R.N.V.R. and took part in the landings at Dieppe, Sicily, and Salerno. In 1946 he was secretary of the fforde Committee which investigated the cement industry, and has since joined the Colonial Service.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Lambeth Brixton Constituency – Biography of Foord

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Lambeth Brixton Constituency – Biography of Foord

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Lambeth Brixton

    CANDIDATE : Foord

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. H. Foord was born at Ewell, Surrey, in 1919, educated at Harrow, and served five years with a family firm of solicitors in the City of London. He was commissioned in Bomber Command and took part in night attacks on Berlin and the Ruhr and on the German battleships at Brest. He was twice mentioned in dispatches. A bachelor, Mr. Foord practises as a solicitor in Westminster.

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