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 : Crosby

CANDIDATE : Burnie

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. J. Burnie, born in 1882, was formerly M.P. for Bootle, being the first Liberal to represent that borough in the House of Commons. At one time he was the only Liberal on the Bootle town council. He served in the 1914-18 war and gained the M.C., and has been mayor of Bootle.

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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 : Darlington

CANDIDATE : Walford

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. G. Walford, aged 41, and the mother of two daughters, is the wife of Lt.-Col. J. E. S. Walford, who contested the neighbouring Sedgefield division. She is the daughter of Sir Murdoch Wilson, who was Unionist M.P. for Richmond (Yorks), 1918-29. During that time she was secretary of Richmond Women’s Unionist Association. She has been a member of Durham County Council since 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 : Droylsden

CANDIDATE : Woods

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

The Rev. G. S. Woods, who was born in 1886, entered Parliament as Labour M.P. for Fins-bury in 1935 and was returned for Mossley in 1945. He was President of the Yorkshire Unitarian Union in 1932-34. He has been chairman of the local Labour Parties at Taunton and York, and he is on the national executive of the Cooperative movement, and a director of the Co-operative Press. He has served on the York City Council.

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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 South

CANDIDATE : Jordan

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. E. Jordan, who was born in 1894, holds an appointment in the Chief Engineer’s Department of the Railway Executive. He has had much experience of staff welfare and trade union problems for over 20 years. He served with the Queen’s Westminsters in 1914-18 and became a senior instructor in Western Command.

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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 : Eton and Slough

CANDIDATE : Brockway

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Fenner Brockway, journalist and politician, was formerly secretary and chairman of the t *? He represented fast Leyton from 1929 t0 1931. Among his unsuccessful contests was °ne against Mr. Churchill ‘” me Abbey Division of Westminster in 1924. Uunng the first world ™ar he served terms of imprisonment for refusing to serve in the Forces, and he has always taken a strong line for peace and international friendship.

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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 : Gloucester

CANDIDATE : Turner-Samuels

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Turner-samuels, K.C., Recorder of Halifax, was M.P. for Barnard Castle, 1923-24, and formerly sat on Newcastle – upon – Tyne City Council. He was High Sheriff for Gloucester, 1946-47, and is a writer on legal and political subjects. Born in lo90. He was elected M.P. for Gloucester 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 : Harrow East

CANDIDATE : Skinnard

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. W. Skinnard, a former L.C.C. schoolmaster, aged 48, when serving in Willesden schools did pioneer work in citizenship training and local survey work. He has been a lecturer to teachers’ courses in England and abroad, and in 1937 was invited to tour the United States and Canada. His early political experience was gained in the Union of Democratic Control, and he joined the Labour Party in 1924. He visited Jamaica in 1946 and was on the Parliamentary delegation to W. Africa in 1947. He was elected for Harrow East 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 : Hendon North

CANDIDATE : Orr-Ewing

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewing, born in 1912, became prospective candidate for the constituency in 1946. He served an apprenticeship in the radio industry and joined the B.B.C. television service in 1937, but resigned last year to devote more time to politics. Throughout the war he worked on radar in the R.A.F., serving in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Resuming?his political career, he became a member of the executive of the Conservative Party in 1947-48, and has been a prominent speaker at the Party’s recent conferences.

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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 : Hornsey

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. J. Jones, a London teacher born in 1905, is a member of the London district committee of the Communist Party, and has worked in Hornsey local affairs for many years. In the 1945 election he polled 10,058 votes, the third highest Communist poll.

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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 : Ipswich

CANDIDATE : Ripley

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. W. L. Ripley is chairman and managing director of printing firms in London. Born in 1909, he was educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and was a flight lieutenant, R.A.F.V.R., in the war. He represents Coombe on Surrey County Council, is a member of Maiden and Coombe Borough Council, and is on the governing body of Gipsy Hill Training College for Teachers. He is vice-chairman of Kingston Conservative Association.

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