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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leyton Constituency – Biography of Appleton

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leyton Constituency – Biography of Appleton

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leyton

    CANDIDATE : Appleton

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. C. O. Appleton (25) has studied economics at Cambridge University and is keenly interested in social problems. He is an insurance officer in London. The son of a railway worker, he served in the Fleet Air Arm during the war with the rank of lieutenant.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Scotland Constituency – Biography of Logan

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Scotland Constituency – Biography of Logan

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Scotland

    CANDIDATE : Logan

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. D. Logan succeeded Mr. T. P. O’Connor in the representation of the division in 1929 and has held the seat ever since. He is a Roman Catholic and has been connected with the pawnbroking business. Aged 78, he has vigorously repudiated the idea of rigid age limits for either M.P.s or magistrates.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Luton Constituency – Biography of Matthews

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Luton Constituency – Biography of Matthews

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Luton

    CANDIDATE : Matthews

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. G. Matthews is a Bedfordshire man, aged 37, and is the first Liberal to fight Lutqn for 20 years. He serves on the county council, and is the only Liberal on any local authority in Bedfordshire. He is a shopkeeper in the village of Sharnbrook. He has been secretary of Bedford Liberal Association ?nd has acted as agent in Bedford and Mid-Beds. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the medical service of the R.A.F.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Gorton Constituency – Biography of Oldfield

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Gorton Constituency – Biography of Oldfield

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Gorton

    CANDIDATE : Oldfield

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. H. Oldfield, a former cotton operative who was Labour Party agent for 20 years before winning the seat in a by-election in 1942, was Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Education. For over 20 years he represented Openshaw on Manchester City Council and is an alderman. He is 67, and was for many years secretary of the Gorton Trades and Labour Council.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Merton and Morden Constituency – Biography of Douglas

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Merton and Morden Constituency – Biography of Douglas

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Merton and Morden

    CANDIDATE : Douglas

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. R. I. Douglas, aged 25, is a teacher at Edinburgh University, where he is also studying philosophy. He was educated at Mitcham Secondary School and Rutlish School, Merton. He has written scientific papers on biological subjects and is a student of Greek classics.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Newcastle upon Tyne Central Constituency – Biography of White

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Newcastle upon Tyne Central Constituency – Biography of White

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Newcastle upon Tyne Central

    CANDIDATE : White

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. G. C. White was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, and is 40. He went into commerce, and when the war broke out served in France as adjutant of the Durban squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force. After the fall of France he was posted to Rhodesia and to home stations, and was demobilized with the rank of squadron leader. He is interested in education, agriculture, and industrial relations.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Norwich North Constituency – Biography of Bennett

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Norwich North Constituency – Biography of Bennett

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Norwich North

    CANDIDATE : Bennett

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Air Vice-Marshal D. C. T. Bennett is an Australian and was born in 1910. He was the creator and A.O.C. of Bomber Command’s Pathfinder Force. On leaving the R.A.F. in 1945 he became chief executive officer of British South American Airways, resigning in February, 1948, after differences on matters of policy. He is chairman of the executive committee of the United Nations Association in Great Britain. He represented Middlesbrough West from May to July, 1945.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Oldbury and Halesowen Constituency – Biography of Moyle

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Oldbury and Halesowen Constituency – Biography of Moyle

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Oldbury and Halesowen

    CANDIDATE : Moyle

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. Moyle, who is 56, received part of his education at Fircroft College, Birmingham. He was at one time secretary of Shrewsbury Building Trades Federation. In 1945 he won the Stour-bridge division from the Conservatives, and in the last Parliament was Parliamentary private secretary to the Prime Minister. He was a member of the Rushcliffe Committee on nurses’conditions and salaries, and is a member of the T.U.C. Advisory Committee. He is a trade union official.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Plymouth Devonport Constituency – Biography of Du Cann

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Plymouth Devonport Constituency – Biography of Du Cann

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Plymouth Devonport

    CANDIDATE : Du Cann

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. C. Cann, a commercial traveller in canned goods and food, was born in Plymouth in 1902 and educated there. He has been active in local government affairs. A convert from the Conservative Party, he is chairman of Falmouth and Camborne Liberal Association, and an amateur actor and playwright.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Portsmouth West Constituency – Biography of Swanton

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Portsmouth West Constituency – Biography of Swanton

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Portsmouth West

    CANDIDATE : Swanton

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. G. Swanton, 27, was born at Portsea, Portsmouth and is a tool maker. He joined the Communist Party in 1942 and is a member of the Hants, Dorset, and district committee of the party. He has been an A.E.U. shop steward, and is chairman of the A.E.U. branch at Copnor, Portsmouth. He stood as Communist candidate for the Portsmouth City Council in 1949 and was defeated.

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