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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sheffield Brightside Constituency – Biography of Smith

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sheffield Brightside Constituency – Biography of Smith

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Sheffield Brightside

    CANDIDATE : Smith

    PARTY : C. & L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Capt. H. S. V. Smith, author of books on political and social problems, is 30 and lives at Wraysbury, Bucks. A captain in Royal Marine Commandos, he was wounded at Dieppe in 1942, and won the M.C. and Croix de Guerre. In 1945 he was director of supplies for United Nations relief agencies, and was later director of relief operations in Germany.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Smethwick Constituency – Biography of Gordon-Walker

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Smethwick Constituency – Biography of Gordon-Walker

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Smethwick

    CANDIDATE : Gordon-Walker

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. P. Gordon-Walker, Under-Secre-tary for Commonwealth Relations in the last Parliament, has the distinction of beginning the list of successful by-elections for the Labour Party in the last Parliament, for he contested Smethwick in October, 1945, and not only retained the seat (which had been won from the Conservatives at the General Election) but increased the majority by 717 votes. He was an Oxford tutor, and was educated at Wellington and Christ Church, Oxford. During the war he was a member of the B.B.C. European service staff. He is 42.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Southend West Constituency – Biography of Hutchison

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Southend West Constituency – Biography of Hutchison

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Southend West

    CANDIDATE : Hutchison

    PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. C. Hutchison, an insurance district manager, who was born in 1896 and had an elementary education, was for 15 years a lecturer for Labour colleges and for the London Co-operative Society. He has also been active in the trade union movement and was district council secretary for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Stockport South Constituency – Biography of Ponsonby

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Stockport South Constituency – Biography of Ponsonby

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Stockport South

    CANDIDATE : Ponsonby

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. H. Ponsonby was born and educated in Stockport, and started in business as a leather merchant in 1913. For many years a member of Stockport Town Council, he became an alderman in 1945, antl was mayor in 1948. A director of Stockport County F.C., he has also been chairman of the Lancashire and Cheshire Leather and Grindery Merchants’ Association.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sunderland North Constituency – Biography of Hudson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sunderland North Constituency – Biography of Hudson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Sunderland North

    CANDIDATE : Hudson

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. S. Hudson, born in 1902, is the head of a building firm, a past president of the Northern Counties Federation of Master Builders’ Associations, and a vice-president of the National Master Builders’ Associations. He is an active worker for Methodism. He was educated at Sedbergh, and played Rugby for Durham County.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Tottenham Constituency – Biography of Faulkner

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Tottenham Constituency – Biography of Faulkner

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Tottenham

    CANDIDATE : Faulkner

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Wo. Cdr. P. J. Faulkner was born in 1895 of Ulster stock. He is a B.Sc. (Econ.) and a well-known lecturer and writer on industry and economics. He worked underground as a miner for a time to gain practical experience. One of the Conservative Party’s authorities on trade union matters, he has represented the party in debates with?prominent Labour personalities all over the country. An infantry officer in the 1914-18 war, he served with the R.A.F. in the last war.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wallsend Constituency – Biography of Appleby

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wallsend Constituency – Biography of Appleby

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wallsend

    CANDIDATE : Appleby

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. D. F. M. Appleby is the head of a century-old firm of solicitors in Newcastle-on-Tyne. A son of Sir Alfred Appleby, he was born in 1904 and educated at Rugby and Oxford. He has been deputy coroner for Newcastle since 1935, and was for four years under-sheriff. He is chairman of the political council of the Northern Conservative Club, and was a squadron leader in the R.A.F. during the war.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Watford Constituency – Biography of Bemrose

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Watford Constituency – Biography of Bemrose

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Watford

    CANDIDATE : Bemrose

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. M. Bemrose is assistant managing director of the family printing business, and has lived in Watford for 15 years. He was educated at Derby, Brighton College (of which he is a governor), and Cambridge, where he played Rugby for the university and got his half-blue for swimming and water polo. He was a lecturer to the Forces on current affairs during the war.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : West Ham North Constituency – Biography of Phillips

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : West Ham North Constituency – Biography of Phillips

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : West Ham North

    CANDIDATE : Phillips

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. R. L. Phillips, aged 33, was public relations officer with the Ministry of Fuel and Power, but resigned to contest the election. He has travelled extensively in South America.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Willesden West Constituency – Biography of Michaelson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Willesden West Constituency – Biography of Michaelson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Willesden West

    CANDIDATE : Michaelson

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. D. Michaelson is 38 and lives at Hendon. He is chairman of the National Council of Shop Stewards and editor of its journal. During the war he was on munitions service. A member of the A.E.U. he is vice-president of Hendon Trades Council.

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