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 : West Ham North

CANDIDATE : Lewis

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Arthur Lewis, born in 1917, began work as a fitter with the City of London Corporation at the age of 16 ; he became a full-time trade union organizer, and later signed the first trade union agreement in the catering industry and in six months enrolled 20,000 new trade unionists in the West End of London. He was first elected to Parliament as member for Upton 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 : Willesden West

CANDIDATE : Rewcastle

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. Genevieve Rewcastle was the first woman doctor in the Royal Navy, and was Medical Superintendent of the W.R.N.S. from 1939 to 1946. She now specializes in diseases of women and children. From 1934 to 1938 she was president of the Catholic Women’s League, and in 1945-47 chairman of the Nationa Board of Catholic Women. A member of Westminster City Council, she is also on the L.C.C. Housing Committee.

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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 : Wood Green

CANDIDATE : Irving

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. J. Irving, a former chairman of the Middlesex County Council, became M.P. for North Tottenham in December, 1945, after having been agent there for Mr. R. C. (now Lord) Morrison. The constituency disappeared under the new distribution. Born on April 1, 1892, he started work as a stevedore at Workington docks and later,was a trade union organizer. He was on the committee responsible for merging 13 unions into the Transport and General Workers Union. He was a borough councillor at 23.

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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 : Bedfordshire Mid

CANDIDATE : Lennox-Boyd

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. T. Lennox-Boyd has represented this division since 1931. Born in 1904, he was educated at Sherborne and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was president of 1 the Union. When 33, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour, and in the wartime Government successively held the offices of Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministries of Home Security, of Food, and of Aircraft Production, except for two years in the R.N.V.R. He is an authority on civil aviation and colonial affairs.

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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 : Wokingham

CANDIDATE : Remnant

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Remnant is a son of the late Lord Remnant, who for 28 years was M.P. for Hoi- §§§ born. He is well known in the county and has practical experience as a farmer. He was born in 1897 and was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in both wars, in the second as senior staff officer to the G.O.C. Canal Area, Egypt.

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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 : Cambridgeshire

CANDIDATE : Howard

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. G. Howard, born in 1896Jand educated at Harrow and Oxford, served as a flying officer in the 1914-18 war and later was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn. He was appointed Recorder of Bury St. Edmunds in 1943 and of Ipswich in 1947, and was a senior counsel to the Treasury. Appointed High Sheriff of the county in 1945 and chairman of the county quarter sessions in 1947, he farms in Cambridgeshire.

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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 : Macclesfield

CANDIDATE : Doncaster

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. F. Doncaster, born in London in 1894jwas an infantry officer in the 1914-18 war and won the M.C. For 10 years he ran agricultural schemes in various parts of Europe. He entered the publishing business in 1929, and is a director of a firm publishing technical journals and of an advertising agency. He is president of Macclesfield Liberal Association.

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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 : Bodmin

CANDIDATE : Royle

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Royle, a horticulturist, born in 1921, is a member of Kingsbridge (Devon) Rural Council. He was a Labour agent in Plymouth in 1945, and is a member of the National Farmers’ Union and of the National Union of Agricultural Workers.

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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 : Whitehaven

CANDIDATE : Anderson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Anderson entered Parliament in 1935 for Whitehaven. He entered the railway service at the age of 17 and was an active member of the Railway Clerks’ Association. He I is a former chairman of the Manchester and District Council of the N.U.R. He took a prominent part in the ‘ early work of the Cumberland Development Council, and is a director of several industrial enterprises introduced into the area.

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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 : Derbyshire North East

CANDIDATE : White

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. White became member for the division in 1942 at an unopposed by-election. Now in the late fifties, he worked in the mines and has been for many years an official of the Derbyshire Miners’ Association. He is now Vice-president. He is a founder member of the North-East Derbyshire Labour Party, and before his election was agent to the former M.P.

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