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 : Anglesey

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. O. Jones is an accountant, and was born at Brymo 47 years ago. He was first employed in a colliery, but later entered a steel works and became a trade union official. For his services with the iron, steel, and kindred trades he gained the bronze medal and bar. A governor of Wrexham and East Denbigh War Memorial Hospital, he has also served on the local council. He is a member of the National Farmers’ 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 : Llanelli

CANDIDATE : Griffiths

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. James Griffiths was Minister of National Insurance in the last Government. He entered Parliament at a by-election in 1936 for Llanelly, and has retained the seat ever since. Born in 1890, he first worked in the coal mines,?went to the National Labour College in London, and in 1924 became miners’ agent under the South Wales Miners’ Federation and later was president of the Association. He is a former chairman of the executive of the 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 : Aberavon

CANDIDATE : Cove

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. G. Cove first entered Parliament as member for Welling-borough in 1924 and has represented Aberavon since 1929. After working underground as a miner for five or six years, studying in the evenings, he qualified as a teacher and later went to college. He is an ex-president of the National Union of Teachers. After the 1914-18 war he was the first president of the Discharged Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Association. He is chairman of the Welsh Labour Parliamentary group.

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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 : Ogmore

CANDIDATE : Llewellyn

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss M. Llewellyn, daughter of a disabled Welsh miner, is a teacher who has spent all her life in the Nantymoel district. During the war she was chairman of the local evacuation committee and since 1897 has served on the Ogmore and Garw Urban District Council, and worked energetically to bring new industries to mid-Glamorganshire.

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