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 : Inverness

CANDIDATE : Douglas-Hamilton

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, born in 1909, is a brother of the Duke of Hamilton. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1939 to 1945, latterly as wing commander, and won the D.F.C. In 1945 he was commandant of the A.T.C. in Scotland. He is chairman of the Outdoor Training Committee of the Central Council of Physical Recreation (Scotland) and mountaineer.

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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 : Motherwell

CANDIDATE : Anderson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Anderson, born in 1888, and educated at Pulteneytown Academy and Edinburgh University, where he took his M.A., was a school teacher for 30 years. He was a local councillor for 16 years, and during the war acted as convener of civil defence. He has been a member of several Parliamentary delegations abroad. He won Motherwell for the Labour Party 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 : Orkney and Shetland

CANDIDATE : Neven-Spence

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Basil Neven-Spence was born in 1888, and in 1911 graduated from Edinburgh University M.B., Ch.B. Joining the R.A.M.C. in the same year, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army and the Sudan Government. He served throughout the 1914-18 war, mostly in the Middle East, and in 1924 he returned to England as a specialist physician to Aldershot Command. Three years later he retired from the Army, and in 1935 entered Parliament for Orkney and Shetland, and retained the seat in 1945. He was knighted in 1945, and is a vice-Lieutenant of Shetland.

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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 : Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire

CANDIDATE : Woodburn

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Woodburn, appointed Secretary of State for Scotland in 1947, is a native of Edinburgh. He was elected to Parliament in 1939, and during the war – time Government was Parliamentary private secretary to the Secretary for Scotland. In 1945 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply. Born in 1890, he went to Heriot Watt College, and subsequently spent 25 years in engineering and ironfounding administration, specializing in languages and costing. Author and lecturer on economics, he has been president of the National Council of Labour Colleges, and secretary of the Scottish Labour Party.

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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 : Bethnal Green

CANDIDATE : Welfare

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. D. Welfare, s the wife of a Reigate painter and decorator, and has appeared in local elections as a ” working man’s wife.’ Born n 1898, she has been a member of the Conservative Party since she was 18, and worked for the Junior Imperial League.

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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 : Deptford

CANDIDATE : Cooper

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Cooper, aged 41, comes from a Lancashire working-class family. Originally an office worker and a member of Manchester City Council, he later became an official in London of the Municipal and General Workers’ Union, and is now a member of the Metropolitan Water Board and an alderman of the London County 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 : Hackney South

CANDIDATE : Marlow

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. A. Marlow, who is 35, is a Londoner. He served with the R.A.F. from 1935 in Iraq and elsewhere. Invalided after a crash during the second retreat from Benghazi, he was later a Wing Commander at Combined Operations H.Q. He left the R.A.F. in 1946, and is sales manager of a City firm of exporters.

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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 : Islington East

CANDIDATE : Fletcher

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Fletcher, who is 46 and the son of a former town clerk of Islington, won the seat for the Labour Party in 1945. From an elementary school he won scholarships which took him to London University. A solicitor, he specializes in inter-national law. He repre-sented South Islington on the L.C.C. for 14 years. Mr. Fletcher is deputy chairman of the Associated British Picture Corporation, Limited, and a director of its associated companies.

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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 : Kensington South

CANDIDATE : Frankenburg

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Frankenburg was born in 1921 and was educated at Stowe and at Balliol. He is the son of Sydney Frankenburg, who founded the first Jewish branch of the British Legion. In 1940, when reading law, he volunteered for the Army and served in Egypt, Palestine, and ^yna. He was taken prisoner in the desert, and while in Germany continued his studies and passed his first Bar examination. Mr. Frankenburg is treasurer of the World Federa-“°n of Liberal and Radical Youth.

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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 : Lewisham South

CANDIDATE : Rouse

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. W. Rouse, a master builder and decorator in Surrey, aged 53, went to Millwall *~entral School and trained as a technical engineer. In that capacity with an electrical company after the war he travelled widely in America.

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