CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Bridgeton
CANDIDATE : Duncan
PARTY : I.L.P.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. Duncan, one of two Glasgow candidates still faithful to the once more active LL.P, Party, has played a prominent part in municipal politics for many years.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Govan
CANDIDATE : Fraser
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. L. Fraser, aged 21, but unable to vote himself, was the youngest Liberal candidate, and probably the youngest in the election. He is assistant secretary of Glasgow University Liberal Club, and is in his final year as an arts student.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Scotstoun
CANDIDATE : Young
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Sir Arthur Young, who represented the Partick division from 1935 to the dissolution, is a director of a Glasgow firm of carpet manufacturers. He was the Scottish Conservative Whip in 1942, and then successively a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. From 1941 to 1949 he was a member of the executive of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. He is a keen yachtsman and has raced in America.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Greenock
CANDIDATE : McNeil
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. Hector McNeil made two unsuccessful attempts to enter Parliament before being elected unopposed in this division at a by-election in 1941. He was Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport in 1942, and in 1945 was appointed Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and later Minister of State, in which capacity he represented Great Britain at a number of important international proceedings, and frequently deputized for Mr. Ernest Bevin. Born in 1910 and educated at Glasgow University, he became a journalist on the staff of a Scottish national newspaper.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Aberdeenshire West
CANDIDATE : Spence
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. H. R. Spence is managing partner in a firm of woollen manufacturers and a director of other companies. He is 52 and served with the Royal Flying Corps in the 1914-18 war. In 1939 he formed and commanded 151 Squadron, Air Defence Cadet Corps, later the A.T.C., and resigned his commission as wing commander in 1945 on giving up command of the north-east area, A.T.C. He was elected for Central Aberdeenshire in 1945.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ayrshire Central
CANDIDATE : Milligan
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. R. Milligan, K.C., who is 51, contested the St. Rollox division of Glasgow in 1945. He has been in practice as an advocate for nearly 25 years. His father, a parish minister, was a professor in the University of Glasgow and Mr. Milligan is keenly interested in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. At one time a keen athlete, in 1920 he represented Scotland against England and Ireland.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Caithness and Sutherland
CANDIDATE : MacArthur
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. MacArthur resigned his charge and status as a minister of the Church of Scotland to fight the election. Aged 31, he went to Tobermory Higher Grade and Oban High Schools and to Glasgow University. He is a former secretary and president of the University Labour Club and has been active in the Party in Glasgow. He is a native Gaelic speaker.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Inverness
CANDIDATE : Thompson
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Capt. D. N. Thompson, born in 1909 and educated at the London School of Economics, is an ornithologist and a former holder of the Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his work in relation to Highland birds. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1947, being appointed a staff captain. He is a member of the Inverness County Council.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Motherwell
CANDIDATE : Robertson
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Dr. A. Robertson, son of a Wishaw doctor, is 23, and became candidate at short notice on the withdrawal on medical advice of the prospective candidate. He won a scholarship to Malvern College, and graduated M.B., Ch.B., at Edinburgh last year.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Orkney and Shetland
CANDIDATE : Leslie
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. H. R. Leslie, K.C., who was born in 1905, is a native of South Shields. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. In 1930 he secured his LL.B., and in 1937 was called to the Scottish Bar. He became counsel for the Department of Agriculture, Scotland, and Sheriff Clerk Depute in the Glasgow circuit. He served in the Army during the war. and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the war he was appointed legal assessor to the Dean of Guild and Burgh Courts of Edinburgh. He took silk ast year.
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