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 : Bradford South

CANDIDATE : Rushworth

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Rushworth, aged 37, is a member of a Bradford family associated with Liberalism for many years. Educated at Cambridge, he has taught classics in Hereford Cathedral School and held a post in Manchester Grammar School, but moved to Leicester in 1949.

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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 : Bristol North East

CANDIDATE : Coldrick

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. w. Coldrick, wno was for two years parliamentary Secretary lo the Ministry of Agriculture, was born in 1896 •urn educated at elementary schools, night school, and London Labour Col-* Has been active in «aae unionism and the r°,”°Perative movement, a™ is the chairman of rS, National Committee jt n,e Co-operative Party. anH i S also been a Labour College organizer “Q lecturer, and a county councillor for nlonmouthshire. He was elected M.P. for “nstol North 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 : Bromley

CANDIDATE : Macmillan

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Harold Macmillan was elected for ftockton – on – Tees in ly24, and though unseated in 1929 he re-gamed the seat in 1931 and held it until the 1945 General Election. He was returned to Parliament again in November, 1945, for Bromley. He «as been Parliamentary secretary to the Ministry ot Supply and Under-194^^ of State for the Colonies, and from y to 1945 was Minister Resident in Northwest Africa. In the “caretaker” Government of May-July, 1945, he became Secretary anH eufor Alr- A«ed 56′ he is a Publisher th ,a, or- He was wounded three times in me 1914-18 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 : Cheltenham

CANDIDATE : Beach

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. W. W. Hicks Beach was also the Conservative candidate in 1945. Aged 43, he was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge, and is a solicitor in Lincoln’s Inn. He served in the war with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (T.A.), which he joined in 1933 ; was adjutant in 1940, and commanded a squadron for three and a half years before becoming second in command. He is a great nephew of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1895, 1902.

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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 : Coventry South

CANDIDATE : Soper

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Soper, born in 1913, and educated at Sheffield University, was chief planning assistant to Coventry Corporation in 1946, and is Deputy Chief Engineer of the Hemel Hemp-stead Development Corporation. He served in the war with the 21st Army Group planning staff and was actively engaged in the preparations for D Day.

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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 : Dagenham

CANDIDATE : Thurston

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss I. Thurston is the wife of the sports editor of a South London newspaper, who acted as her agent. Aged 33, she has been associated for some years with the Liberal Association at Barking, where her parents live, and is vice-chairman of West Croydon Liberal Association.

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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 : Dewsbury

CANDIDATE : Slack

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. G. Slack, a barrister of 43, practising in London, was edueated at Accrington Grammar School and London University, and during the war served with the R.A.F., and later with the Intelligence Branch of the Air Ministry.

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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 : East Ham North

CANDIDATE : Mayhew

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir John Mayhew represented the constituency from 1931 to 1945, when he was Qeteated. An agriculturist and industrialist, ne has family associations with Essex which go oack some centuries. In the 1914-18 war he served in France and was wounded. He was an army welfare officer from 1939 to 1949. A lreeman of the City of London, he has been a Provincial area chairman of the Conservative 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 : Enfield West

CANDIDATE : MacLeod

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Ian MacLeod is head of the Home Affairs Department of the Conservative Central Office. An honours B.A. of Cambridge, he was reading for the Bar when the war broke out, and he volunteered as a private. He was commissioned in May, 1940, and was wounded in the Battle °f France. Later he was promoted major, and joined Field-Marshal Planning staff for the Normandy campaigh. He was appointed D.A.Q.M.G. to the 50th Division, and landed with them on D Day.

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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 : Gateshead West

CANDIDATE : Magnay

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. S. Magnay, 46 years old, is the second son of the late Mr. Thomas Magnay, a former member for Gateshead, who in 1931 defeated Mr. Ernest Bevin. Engaged professionally in building society work, he has been for many years a Sunday-school superintendent, and is also hon. secretary of the Gateshead Liberal Association. He has been a member of the Gateshead Borough Council since 1939.

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