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 : Pudsey

CANDIDATE : Wainwright

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. S. Wainwright, a chartered accountant, was born in Leeds in 1918, and lives in Pudsey. He was educated at Shrewsbury and Cambridge University, he was president of the University Liberal Club in 1939, and has latterly been vice-chairman of Leeds Young Liberals’ Federation. Brought up as a Quaker, he is now a Methodist local preacher.

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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 : Romford

CANDIDATE : Macpherson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. Macpherson was elected for Rom-ford in 1945. He is chairman and joint managing director of a firm of produce importers, and was regional port director for Scotland in the war. He is a breeder of Ayrshire cattle at his home at Great Warley, Essex. As chairman of the Thames Passenger Service Interest Committee under the Ministry of Transport he was one of those responsible for the introduction of the Thames water-buses. A keen sportsman, he is president of Romford Football Club.

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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 : St Helens

CANDIDATE : Winskill

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. H. Winskill, aged 42, is on the staff of an engineering firm in Peterborough. He is chairman of the United Commercial Travellers Association and a Methodist lay preacher.

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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 : Sheffield Heeley

CANDIDATE : Jennings

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. H. Jennings, senior classics master at Chesterfield Grammar School and W.E.A. lecturer, was born in 1916. From Bradford Grammar School he won scholarships to Oxford. He joined the Army as a private in 1940, was wounded in Belgium, and reached captain’s rank. President of Chesterfield branch of the N.U.T., he is also a member of Sheffield 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 : Southampton Itchen

CANDIDATE : Morley

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Morley represented Southampton from 1929 to 1931 and won a seat there again in 1945. Born in 1892, he spent his life in the teaching profession and retired as a head master. He is a past president of the National Union of Teachers, and governor of University College, Southampton (where he was trained), and a member of the Southampton education 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 : Southport

CANDIDATE : Bonney

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. P. Bonney, a Southport solicitor and a vice-president of the local Labour Party, was born at Preston in 1909. He served with a Blackpool firm of solicitors, was deputy coroner for South Worcestershire, and after working in Sheffield and Liverpool now practises at Southport.

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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 : Stoke-on-Trent Central

CANDIDATE : Hancock

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Hancock, aged 50, was’chief electric?l engineer of the royal Ordnance factory at *->wynnerton during the war, and is now managing director of a commercial company, formerly a Liberal, he joined the Conservative Party in 1931.% He served many years on Moke-on-Trent City! Council and was made an alderman in^l949.

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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 : Sutton and Cheam

CANDIDATE : Judd

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. H. O. Judd, born in 1902, is the daughter of a well-known Scottish missionary (the Rev. F. Ashcroft) and the wife of Mr. C. W. Judd, secretary of the United Nations Association. She graduated with honours at Edinburgh University in 1925 and afterwards was occupied with teaching and other social activities. She is interested in training colonial students in welfare developments in the Colonies.

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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 : Tynemouth

CANDIDATE : Ward

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss Irene Ward, M.P. for Wallsend 1931-45, entered politics at 24 and twice defeated Miss Margaret Bondfield at Wallsend. In Parliament she gave great attention to the industrial needs of Tyneside, and also promoted a private Bill enabling local authorities to pay pocket money to old people in institutions.

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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 : Walthamstow East

CANDIDATE : Drower

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. F. Drower, an insurance surveyor, born in 1916, served in the R.N.V.R. during the war from Iceland to the Pacific and was present at the landings in Normandy. He was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant.

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