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 : Hornchurch

CANDIDATE : Day

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Wentworth Day, aged 50, comes of a staunch Conservative family and numbers 15 M.P.s among his ancestors. He served in the 1914-18 war, and in the second world war was a B.B.C. correspondent. He has written many books, controls a publicity firm and farms a large acreage in Cambridgeshire.

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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 : Ilford South

CANDIDATE : Cooper

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. E. Cooper, a company director, unsuc-cess fully contested Dagenhamin 1945. Born ln 1910, he was educated at the London School Choristers. At the age °t 24 he became a porough councillor, and ‘J? an alderman. During the war he was a squadron leader in he R.A.F. He lives in Utord, and is a keen cncketer.

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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 : Kingston upon Hull Haltemprice

CANDIDATE : Law

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Richard Law, born in 1901, is the son of Mr. Bonar Law, and was formerly a journalist in London and the United States. Elected for South-West Hull in 1931, he has been Financial Secretary to the War Office, Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, Minister of State, and Minister of Education. Defeated in 1945, he was elected at a by-election the same year for South Kensington.

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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 : Leeds North

CANDIDATE : Peake

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Osbert Peake, who was born at Don-caster in 1897, served with the Coldstream Guards in the 1914-18 war. After being called to the Bar, he took up politics, was elected for North Leeds in 1929, and has represented it ever since. He has been Under-Secretary to the Home Office and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Formerly a coalowner in South Yorkshire, he is an authority on industrial matters and helped to draft the Workmen’s Compensation Act. He is a descendant of Earl Grey, Prime Minister in 1832. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1943.

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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 : Leicester North East

CANDIDATE : Taylor

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. A. Taylor, a London journalist, was born in 1892 and educated at Manchester. In 1923 he became chairman of Newspaper Features, Limited. He was president of the Institute of Journalists in 1938. He served with the Royal Fusiliers in the 1914-18 war and became staff captain. In 1945 he unsuccessfully contested Doncaster.

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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 : Leyton

CANDIDATE : Appleton

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. O. Appleton (25) has studied economics at Cambridge University and is keenly interested in social problems. He is an insurance officer in London. The son of a railway worker, he served in the Fleet Air Arm during the war with the rank of lieutenant.

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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 : Liverpool Scotland

CANDIDATE : Logan

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Logan succeeded Mr. T. P. O’Connor in the representation of the division in 1929 and has held the seat ever since. He is a Roman Catholic and has been connected with the pawnbroking business. Aged 78, he has vigorously repudiated the idea of rigid age limits for either M.P.s or magistrates.

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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 : Luton

CANDIDATE : Matthews

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. G. Matthews is a Bedfordshire man, aged 37, and is the first Liberal to fight Lutqn for 20 years. He serves on the county council, and is the only Liberal on any local authority in Bedfordshire. He is a shopkeeper in the village of Sharnbrook. He has been secretary of Bedford Liberal Association ?nd has acted as agent in Bedford and Mid-Beds. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the medical service of the R.A.F.

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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 : Manchester Gorton

CANDIDATE : Oldfield

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. H. Oldfield, a former cotton operative who was Labour Party agent for 20 years before winning the seat in a by-election in 1942, was Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Education. For over 20 years he represented Openshaw on Manchester City Council and is an alderman. He is 67, and was for many years secretary of the Gorton Trades and Labour Council.

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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 : Merton and Morden

CANDIDATE : Douglas

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. I. Douglas, aged 25, is a teacher at Edinburgh University, where he is also studying philosophy. He was educated at Mitcham Secondary School and Rutlish School, Merton. He has written scientific papers on biological subjects and is a student of Greek classics.

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