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 : 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 : Harris

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Percy Harris, who is 73, first elected to Parliament for Harborough in 1916-18, represented S.W. Bethnal Green from 1922 to 1945. For 35 years he has served on the L.C.C. and after the 1949 elections was the only Libera on the council. Educated at Harrow and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he was called to the Bar in 1899. He was Chief Whip of the Parliamentary Liberal Party from 1935 to 1945, and deputy-leader in the war-time Parliament, and also chairman of the House of Commons All-Party Panel, and treasurer of the Interparliamentary Union.

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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 : Cities of London and Westminster

CANDIDATE : Carritt

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Carritt contested the Abbey division of Westminster in 1945. Born in 1908, he graduated at Oxford. For five years was national organizer of the League of Nations Youth Organization. Joined the Communist Party in 1931, and is secretary of the London Young Communist League. Served with the 14th Army in Burma.

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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 : Brooks

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. P. Brooks, a manufacturer’s agent, aged 32, had an elementary school education. He joined the Conservative Party 15 years ago. A resident in Hackney for 20 years, he was elected to the borough council in 1949, but was defeated in the L.C.C. elections. He served in the Army for six years.

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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 : Holborn and St Pancras South

CANDIDATE : Buckmaster

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss H. Buckmaster is secretary of Crosby I”1 all, hostel for women undergraduates of London University. She contested Chelms-t?rd in 1945, Educated at London School of economics, she took a post-graduate course in international relations in 1930. She has also been assistant secretary to the North Islington “want Welfare Centre and warden of the Women’s Student Hall, Manchester University.

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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 : Picard

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Picard, aged 46, a barrister, joined the Royal Artillery and was in Malta throughout the siege, and from 1943 to 1945 was Deputy Judge Advocate and chief legal adviser to the Military Commander in Malta. After the war he served on the Control Commission m Germany in connexion with the re-establish-~~nt of democratic local government. He is ; author of a book on insurance law.

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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 : Gough

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. F. H. Gough, born at Kasauli, India, was educated at Cheam School, Osborne, and Dartmouth. After serving three years in the Royal Nayy, he took up farming and horse-breeding in India in 1920. Returning to England in 1922, he became associated with Lloyd’s and joined the Territorial Army. He won the M.C. in 1943 while commanding 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron. He was taken prisoner at Arnhem, escaped and joined ‘he Americans in Bavaria in 1945. He is a director of six 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 : Poplar

CANDIDATE : Purkis

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. F. Purkis is 29, and has lived in Poplar nearly all his life. Educated at the Coopers’ Company’s School, Bow, London University College, and Westminster Training College, he is a teacher at Walthamstow. At Poplar he is a Methodist local preacher, superintendent of the Methodist Mission Sunday School, and a scoutmaster.

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