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 : Torrington

CANDIDATE : Lambert

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Lambert is the elder son of Viscount Lambert and followed his father as member for the old South Molton division, which the latter represented, with a four-year break, from 1891 to 1945. Aged 39 and educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford, he served through the war and became a lieutenant – colonel and a War Office liaison officer, visiting the Mediterranean, India, and South-East Asia Commands. He specializes in agriculture.

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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 : Bishop Auckland

CANDIDATE : Dalton

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Hugh Dalton has been M.P. for the division since 1935, and also in 1929-31, and previously sat for Peckham. In the second Labour Government he was Under – Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and in Mr. Churchill’s wartime Government he was Minister for Economic Warfare and later President of the Board of Trade. In 1945 he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which he resigned in November, 1947. After a short period as a back bencher he returned to the Government as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

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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 : Jarrow

CANDIDATE : Fernyhough

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Fernyhough was for 12 years a full-time official of the Union of Shop Assistants, Distributive and Allied Workers. He is 39, was born in a Staffordshire mining village, and first worked in the local colliery. He has since been closely associated with the Co-operative movement in Durham. In May, 1947, he was elected to Parliament for Jarrow, succeeding the late Miss Ellen Wilkinson.

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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 : Colchester

CANDIDATE : Smith

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Smith, who gained Colchester in 1945, and became Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister for Commonwealth Relations, was formerly assistant secretary to the Civil Service Clerical Association. At Oxford he took an honours degree in modern history and was chairman of the University Labour Club. Aged 33, he served in Europe in the war.

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