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 : Middlesbrough East

CANDIDATE : Thomas

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. W. S. Russell Thomas was born in 1896 and educated at Christ’s College, Brecon, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. He qualified both as physician and surgeon at Guy’s Hospital, and was later called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn. After fighting three different seats in 1931, 1935, and 1936, he was returned unopposed for Southampton as a Liberal National in 1940, but was defeated 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 : Newcastle upon Tyne East

CANDIDATE : Williams

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. G. Williams, the youngest Conservative candidate in the Newcastle divisions, is 25. At Cambridge University he won a half-Blue, and was secretary of the University Conservative Association. In the war he served as a flight lieutenant and has retained his interest in aviation.

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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 : Nottingham Central

CANDIDATE : Winterbottom

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Winterbottom was special assistant to Lord Pakenham at the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Born in 1913 and educated at Charterhouse and Clare College, Cambridge, he has worked in a textile finishing undertaking in Manchester and Germany and was personal staff officer to the regional commissioner, Hamburg, in the Control Commission. He is a councillor for Thrapston and Oundle.

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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 : Oldham East

CANDIDATE : Fairhurst

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Fairhurst, who is 57 years of age, entered Parliament in 1945 for Oldham. He started work in a cotton mill after leaving school at 15. He was president of the National Association of Power Loom Overlookers, a member of the Wigan Town Council, and president of the Wigan Textile Trades Federation.

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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 : Plymouth Sutton

CANDIDATE : Major

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. K. H. B. Major, aged 30, of West Country stock, was educated in London and at the Sir John Cass Technical College, and is an industrial chemist and engineer, working as a consultant and in an advisory capacity for various business organizations. During the war he served in the Royal Air Force as a navigator and an airfield controller.

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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 : Preston North

CANDIDATE : Hemelryk

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. J. Hemelryk, whose mother is a direct descendant of Oliver Cromwell, was born in 1889, and educated at Stonyhurst and Oxford. After serving in the first world war he was called to the Bar in 1917 and practised in Liverpool and Preston for many years. For the past four years he has been chairman of the Preston Liberal Association.

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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 : Rochdale

CANDIDATE : Hale

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Hale, aged 39, is prominent in political and trade union activities in Bolton, where he is a plastic mould maker and charge hand. He has served on the town council and is on the National Council of Labour Colleges. Between the two wars he was an engineer in the Mercantile Marine.

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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 : Rowley Regis and Tipton

CANDIDATE : Yates

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Yates, who is 31, was in the Army for six years during the war, and is now a railway clerk. In 1945, while serving abroad, he was selected to oppose Mr. Churchill at Woodford, but arrived home too late to be adopted.

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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 : Sheffield Brightside

CANDIDATE : Smith

PARTY : C. & L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. H. S. V. Smith, author of books on political and social problems, is 30 and lives at Wraysbury, Bucks. A captain in Royal Marine Commandos, he was wounded at Dieppe in 1942, and won the M.C. and Croix de Guerre. In 1945 he was director of supplies for United Nations relief agencies, and was later director of relief operations in Germany.

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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 : Smethwick

CANDIDATE : Gordon-Walker

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Gordon-Walker, Under-Secre-tary for Commonwealth Relations in the last Parliament, has the distinction of beginning the list of successful by-elections for the Labour Party in the last Parliament, for he contested Smethwick in October, 1945, and not only retained the seat (which had been won from the Conservatives at the General Election) but increased the majority by 717 votes. He was an Oxford tutor, and was educated at Wellington and Christ Church, Oxford. During the war he was a member of the B.B.C. European service staff. He is 42.

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