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 : Breconshire and Radnorshire

CANDIDATE : Watkins

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. E. Watkins, who has acted as secretary to the Welsh Parliamentary Party, entered Parliament in 1945, when he won the Brecon and Radnor seat from the Conservatives. Born in Abercrave in 1903, from 1928 to 1933 he was political agent for the division and in 1937 was appointed general secretary to the Breconshire Association of Friendly Societies. For 16 years he was secretary to the divisional Labour 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 : Llanelli

CANDIDATE : Thomas

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. G. Thomas, born in 1925, was a student at the University College of Wales until he volunteered for air crew duties with the Royal Air Force. After the war he graduated at Cambridge and became vice-president of Cambridge University Liberal Society.

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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 : Aberavon

CANDIDATE : Herbert

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Herbert is a son of the late Col. Aubrey Herbert, who was for 12 years member for Yeovil, and a grandson of the Earl of Caernarvon who was Secretary for the Colonies and a Viceroy of Ireland under Disraeli. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he was three times medically rejected for the British Army, but volunteered for the 1st Polish Armoured Division and served with them for five years in the ranks.

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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 : Ogmore

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Welsh Republican

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Ithel Davies resigned in 1940 from the Labour Party, in whose interest he unsuccessfully contested the University of Wales seat in 1935. He joined the Welsh Nationalists in 1942. He spent three years in prison during the first world war after refusing to serve, regarding the war as a conflict of imperialistic powers. He has written books on economic and social topics.

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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 : Pontypool

CANDIDATE : West

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. G. West, aged 45, is the son of a miner and is a solicitor. He took a first prize in law at Cardiff College. He has been a member of the Abercarn (Mon.) Urban District Council, and was elected to the Monmouthshire County Council in 1938. He served during the last war with the R.A.F. and was elected to Parliament for Pontypool at a by-election in 1946.

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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 : Coatbridge and Airdrie

CANDIDATE : O’Callaghan

PARTY : Irish Anti-Partition

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. P. O’Callaghan is a Roman Catholic school teacher. He says that he is Labour at heart, and is not opposed to Labour principles, but that his candidature was a protest against Labour passing the Ireland Act.

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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 : Edinburgh East

CANDIDATE : Hope

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Hope, a journalist, 34 years of age, was born in the constituency and worked on Scottish newspapers before going south. He is a former member of the B.B.C. news staff and subsequently a public relations officer in the Ministry of Supply. His wife, Charlotte Frances, producer and dramatist, was a founder of the repertory movement in Dundee.

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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 : Glasgow Bridgeton

CANDIDATE : Carmichael

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Carmichael was elected as I.L.P. member in 1946, succeeding the late Mr. James Maxton, but later followed other I.L.P. members into the Labour Party. Born in 1894, he became a steel erector and then an organizer for the I.L.P., with whom he was associated for 33 years. He has had nearly 20 years’ experience of local administration as a member of Glasgow Corporation.

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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 : Glasgow Govan

CANDIDATE : Browne

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. N. Browne contested the constituency in 1945. He has business connexions with Glasgow and has taken part in its municipal politics. He is a member of the general purposes committee of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, and served with the Royal Air Force 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 : Glasgow Pollok

CANDIDATE : Anderson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Anderson is on the staff of an aeroengine factory in Glasgow and edits the firm’s welfare society magazine. Fifty-one years of age, he is secretary of the council of the Glasgow Southern Parliamentary Debating Association.

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