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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chorley Constituency – Biography of Fountaine

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chorley Constituency – Biography of Fountaine

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chorley

    CANDIDATE : Fountaine

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. Fountaine, a native of Edinburgh, was educated at Stave College, Bucks, and the Army College, Aldershot. In 1937 he joined the Royal Navy but was invalided out. At Cambridge he took a chemistry degree and in the war was engaged on experimental work at Woolwich. Although adopted by the local Conservative association his candidature at this election was not recognized by the party Standing Advisory Committee at headquarters.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Huyton Constituency – Biography of Edwards

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Huyton Constituency – Biography of Edwards

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Huyton

    CANDIDATE : Edwards

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. H. G. Edwards is an estate agent and chairman of the Liverpool Liberal Federation. Has made two unsuccessful efforts to gain a seat on the Liverpool City Council.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : North Fylde Constituency – Biography of Couldry

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : North Fylde Constituency – Biography of Couldry

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : North Fylde

    CANDIDATE : Couldry

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. P. Couldry, 32, is the West Yorkshire organizer and tutor for the National’Council of Labour Colleges. Educated at council schools and Catford Commercial Institute, he also studied with the National Council of Labour Colleges. He has been active in trade union, co-operative, and boys’ club movements.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harborough Constituency – Biography of Bazeley

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harborough Constituency – Biography of Bazeley

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harborough

    CANDIDATE : Bazeley

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Lt.-Col. H. C. Bazeley is 42, and after going to Blundell’s School, Devon, and Woolwich, joined the Royal Artillery in 1927, and retired 18 months ago. During the war he raised and commanded the original Air Observation Post Squadron, R.A.F., in the North African campaign, and was awarded the D.S.O. He was in the invasion of Normandy, and was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the American D.S.C.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Brigg Constituency – Biography of Mallalieu

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Brigg Constituency – Biography of Mallalieu

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Brigg

    CANDIDATE : Mallalieu

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. L. Mallalieu was Liberal M.P. for Colne Valley, a seat previously held by his father, from 1931 to 1935, and won Brigg in a by-election in 1948, having joined the Labour Party in 1945. Educated at Cheltenham and Oxford, he practised as a barrister in London and on the North-Eastern Circuit, but after a breakdown in health he left law for farming. He is aged 43, and is the brother of Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu, the member for East Huddersfield.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Uxbridge Constituency – Biography of Aylett

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Uxbridge Constituency – Biography of Aylett

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Uxbridge

    CANDIDATE : Aylett

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. E. Aylett, who contested t?e constituency in 1945, is an Essex man aged 34. He was educated at the Royal Albert School, Rom-ford, and read law at London University. He was admitted a solicitor at the age of 21, and is associated with a firm of Uxbridge solicitors.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yarmouth Constituency – Biography of Kinghorn

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yarmouth Constituency – Biography of Kinghorn

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Yarmouth

    CANDIDATE : Kinghorn

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. Kinghorn had unsuccessfully contested Hexham in 1935 against Col. D. Clifton Brown (the present Speaker) before becoming M.P. for Yarmouth in 1945. Formerly a languages master and a lecturer on economics, he served as an intelligence officer with the R.A.F. in the war, later was attached to Gen. Eisenhower’s headquarters staff, and subsequently was a staff officer on the Control Commission in Germany. He was born in 1907, and educated at Basle, Lille, and Leeds University.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Berwick-upon-Tweed Constituency – Biography of Thorp

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Berwick-upon-Tweed Constituency – Biography of Thorp

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Berwick-upon-Tweed

    CANDIDATE : Thorp

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Brig. R. A. F. Thorp , defeated Lord (then Sir William) Beveridge in 1945. A regular soldier i with 27 years’ service, he was born in 1900 and j educated at Charterhouse and R.M.C., Quetta, being first commissioned in Skinner’s Horse in 1919. During the war I he was G.S.O.2, 3rd Division, France, 1939 ; D.A.Q.M.G. 1st Cavalry Division, Palestine, 1940; A.A.Q.M.G., 11th Division, Abyssinia, 1941 ; G.S.O.I, headquarters, East Africa, 1941 ; colonel in command, Northern Rhodesia, 1942 ; and brigadier commanding 31st Brigade, Abyssinian Frontier, 1943-45.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Mansfield Constituency – Biography of Milliard

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Mansfield Constituency – Biography of Milliard

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Mansfield

    CANDIDATE : Milliard

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Maj. H. L. Milliard, born at Bangor in 1912, joined the Army in 1938 and was commissioned in the Royal Artillery a year later. An insurance inspector, he formerly played football for Lancashire amateur clubs. He is a member of Leicester City Council, and has been chairman of the political education committee of the Leicestershire Conservative Party.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ludlow Constituency – Biography of Williams

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ludlow Constituency – Biography of Williams

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ludlow

    CANDIDATE : Williams

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. Williams is 51.?He became education welfare officer for Monmouth at the age of 20, and in 1943 was appointed welfare superintendent for the county. He has twice been chairman of Caerleon Urban District Council and is a member of the South Wales housing and town planning committee.

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