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 Cheetham

CANDIDATE : Quas-Cohen

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. K. A. Quas-Cohen is 37, and was educated at Clifton and Manchester University, where before the war he was chairman of the Conservative Undergraduates’ Association. In 1940 he transferred from the Territorial Army to the Commandos. Captured in France, he made three attempts before he succeeded in escaping to the United States forces. He qualified as a cost accountant during captivity, and is now a Manchester manufacturer.

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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 : Manchester Withington

CANDIDATE : Wright

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. T. Wright, cotton trade union official and president of the Amalgamated Weavers’ Association, is 46, and was a member of Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Council for 12 years. He has visited the Continent with various missions and went to the United States in 1947 with the party which investigated time study methods of trade unions and employers in industry there. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the cotton industry.

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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 : Mitcham

CANDIDATE : Carr

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. R. Carr, who is 33, went to Cambridge. He is a director of research and development for a London firm of aluminium castings and metal plastics makers. He is a member of the executive and mechanical committees of the Light Metal Appliances Association, and of the Buildings Applications Committee of the Aluminium Development Association. He is a former chairman of the Barnet Young Conservatives.

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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 West

CANDIDATE : Popplewell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Popplewell (50) was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the last Government. He captured West Newcastle from the Conserva-tiyes at the 1945 election with a majority of 8,131 in a straight fight. He was a signalman in the railway service and for 18 years was associated with local government. During the war he served with the Royal Marine Artillery and won the Belgian Croix de Guerre.

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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 : Nottingham East

CANDIDATE : Fletcher

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. A. B. Fletcher, born in 1911, contested Macclesfield unsuccessfully in 1945. At present an export manager in the textile industry and commanding a Leicestershire Territorial regiment, he served during the late war with the Royal Horse Artillery in the Middle East, Italy and Austria. He has been chairman of the National League of Young Liberals and president of the Lancashire and Cheshire Young Liberals.

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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 : Oldham West

CANDIDATE : Mawdsley

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Mawdsley, aged 32, is a member of the East Lancashire area committee of the Communist Party. He lived for many years in Oldham and is an instrument maker. He is also a former secretary of the Oldham Co-operative Party, and served with the R.A.M.C. 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 : Portsmouth Langstone

CANDIDATE : Stevens

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. P. Stevens, born in 1902, and educated at Westminster School, is a partner in a firm of chartered accountants in the City of London. In the war he served six years with the R.A.F., retiring with the rank of wing c?mmander. He is a member of the executive committees of the Farnham division and City of London Conservative Associations.

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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 : Pudsey

CANDIDATE : Wainwright

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. S. Wainwright, a chartered accountant, was born in Leeds in 1918, and lives in Pudsey. He was educated at Shrewsbury and Cambridge University, he was president of the University Liberal Club in 1939, and has latterly been vice-chairman of Leeds Young Liberals’ Federation. Brought up as a Quaker, he is now a Methodist local preacher.

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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 : Romford

CANDIDATE : Macpherson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Macpherson was elected for Rom-ford in 1945. He is chairman and joint managing director of a firm of produce importers, and was regional port director for Scotland in the war. He is a breeder of Ayrshire cattle at his home at Great Warley, Essex. As chairman of the Thames Passenger Service Interest Committee under the Ministry of Transport he was one of those responsible for the introduction of the Thames water-buses. A keen sportsman, he is president of Romford Football Club.

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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 : St Helens

CANDIDATE : Winskill

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. H. Winskill, aged 42, is on the staff of an engineering firm in Peterborough. He is chairman of the United Commercial Travellers Association and a Methodist lay preacher.

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