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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Rushcliffe Constituency – Biography of Stallabrass

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Rushcliffe Constituency – Biography of Stallabrass

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Rushcliffe

    CANDIDATE : Stallabrass

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mrs. E. Stallabrass, the wife of a farmer near Sheffield, is 28 and has two children. After studying at Leicester Domestic Science College she taught in Coventry for a year, and now teaches domestic science at Eckington Grammar School, Derbyshire.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bridgwater Constituency – Biography of Wills

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bridgwater Constituency – Biography of Wills

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bridgwater

    CANDIDATE : Wills

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. Gerald Wills, a member of Lloyd’s, contested the division unsuccessfully in 1945. He was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was afterwards called to the Bar. He?served in the Territorials and with the Royal Artillery, and later became Deputy Assistant Adjutant – General at Southern Command headquarters.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yeovil Constituency – Biography of Shinwell

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yeovil Constituency – Biography of Shinwell

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Yeovil

    CANDIDATE : Shinwell

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. M. Shinwell, a brother of Mr. E. Shinwell, Secretary of State for War, unsuccessfully contested North Ayr and Bute in 1935. A journalist, he has had a long association with trade union organizations in Scotland and is national organizer for the Society of Civil Servants.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bury St Edmunds Constituency – Biography of Aitken

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bury St Edmunds Constituency – Biography of Aitken

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bury St Edmunds

    CANDIDATE : Aitken

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. T. Aitken, a nephew of Lord Beaverbrook, was born in Canada in 1905, and is general manager of an Empire news service and a director of other companies. A fighter pilot during the war, he crashed and spent two years in hospital with 19 major operations. He fought West Derbyshire in 1945, losing by 156 votes.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chertsey Constituency – Biography of Heald

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chertsey Constituency – Biography of Heald

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chertsey

    CANDIDATE : Heald

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. L. F. Heald, K.C., born in 1897, was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, and served in the first world war. He was called to the Bar in 1923 and specialized in technical cases and in the law of compulsory purchase. In the last war he joined the R.A.F.V.R. and was appointed to the Air Staff in 1940. He became air commodore in 1944 on appointment to General Eisenhower’s staff at Supreme Headquarters.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Farnham Constituency – Biography of Neate

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Farnham Constituency – Biography of Neate

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Farnham

    CANDIDATE : Neate

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. C. Neate, who was born in 1905, is a graduate of London University and a director of an electrical engineering firm specializing in overhead ” grid ” construction. Since 1945 he has been a member of Winchester City Council, and is the leader of the Labour group. He has studied industrial management and is also interested in health and housing problems.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : East Grinstead Constituency – Biography of McLaughlin

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : East Grinstead Constituency – Biography of McLaughlin

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : East Grinstead

    CANDIDATE : McLaughlin

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. C. McLaughlin, who was born in 1906, is a director of companies in the catering and allied trades. He fought East Grinstead in 1945, is chairman of the Home Counties Liberal Federation and a member of the Liberal Candidates Executive Committee.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Rugby Constituency – Biography of Johnson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Rugby Constituency – Biography of Johnson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Rugby

    CANDIDATE : Johnson

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. Johnson, the son of a Northumberland miner, born in 1908, won his way by scholarships to Leeds University, where he took his B.A. with first-class honours. He is a lecturer in social studies at Coventry Technical College and on the executive of the West Midland Council of Labour parties. He played football for the English Universities XI and the Corinthians.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Isle of Wight Constituency – Biography of Macdonald

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Isle of Wight Constituency – Biography of Macdonald

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Isle of Wight

    CANDIDATE : Macdonald

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Sir Peter Macdonald has sat for this division since 1924. Born in Nova Scotia in 1895, he was educated at Dal-housie College, Canada, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served with the forces in both wars. During his membership of the House of Commons he founded, a.id was chairman for 20 years of the Conservative Parliamentary Imperial Affairs Committee ; member of the Select Committee on Estimates for the past 20 years ; a member of many other committees and of Parliamentary delegations to foreign countries.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bromsgrove Constituency – Biography of Hill

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bromsgrove Constituency – Biography of Hill

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bromsgrove

    CANDIDATE : Hill

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. R. W. T. Hill, 33 years of age, is a carpet manufacturer in Kidderminster and has been active in the work of the Independent Traders’ Alliance and the National Union of Manufacturers. He served in the Royal Armoured Corps during the war and was in control of a province in Sicily during the operations there, being presented with the ” freedom of the province by the inhabitants on leaving.

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