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 : Ross and Cromarty

CANDIDATE : MacLeod

PARTY : L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. J. MacLeod, aged 37, won the division in 1945 as a National Liberal. The Ross and Cromarty Liberal Association adopted him as their candidate at this election and he received the support of the Ross-shire Unionist Association. In the last war he served with the 51st Division, and was among those captured at St. Valery. His father was prominent in the whisky trade. He has assisted local crofting and weaving enterprises.

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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 : Henderson

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Henderson, vice-President of Lanarkshire Communist Party, is a constructional engineer, and has been a member of the national executive of his union for many years. He is also a member of the general council of the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives.

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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 : Kinross and West Perthshire

CANDIDATE : Millar

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. D. Millar was born in Alloa 36 years ago, but has lived in Perthshire since childhood. A chartered civil engineer, he was at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took an honours degree in mechanical sciences. In 1939 he became an A.M.I.C.E. He served in the Royal Engineers during the war, rose to the rank of major, and was awarded the M.C. He is engaged as a civil engineer on the hydroelectric scheme at Pitlochry. He contested Banff in 1945. His father, Sir James Millar, who died in 1932, was at one time Liberal M.P. for East Fife.

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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 : West Stirlingshire

CANDIDATE : Balfour

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Balfour was born in Aberdeen in 1885, and at 19 entered the railway service. He was a parcels foreman before his election for West Stirlingshire in 1945. For 16 years he was secretary of the Aberdeen branch of the National Union of Railwaymen, and served over four years’ on the national executive. He is a former amateur bantam-weight champion of the North of Scotland.

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