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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Burnley Constituency – Biography of Whitaker

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Burnley Constituency – Biography of Whitaker

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Burnley

    CANDIDATE : Whitaker

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. Whitaker, aged 40, began work in the cotton industry at the age of 12 as a half-timer. At 16 he joined the Labour Party, and at 21 was elected to the Nelson and Colne divisional executive. He subsequently became district organizer for the Communist Party and served for five years as a member of the party’s national executive committee.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chesterfield Constituency – Biography of O’Neill

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chesterfield Constituency – Biography of O’Neill

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chesterfield

    CANDIDATE : O’Neill

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. O’Neill, aged 40, is assistant manager ?t a large multiple store in Rotherham. Born in Cardiff in 1909, he spent his early years in the coal export trade. He served with Bomber Command during the war, and at the AIr?e of his demobilization was Unit Settlement Adviser.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Croydon East Constituency – Biography of Billson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Croydon East Constituency – Biography of Billson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Croydon East

    CANDIDATE : Billson

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Miss M. Billson, a 47-year-old solicitor, was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, articled to a solicitor in Whitechapel, and admitted in 1929. For four years she was a member of Croydon Town Council.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dartford Constituency – Biography of Dodds

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dartford Constituency – Biography of Dodds

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dartford

    CANDIDATE : Dodds

    PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. N. Dodds, aged 47, received his education in a village school in Co. Durham. When elected in 1945 he was publicity manager for the Co-operative Wholesale Society. During the war he held commissioned rank in the Home Guard which gave service in the East End during the blitz. He was the organizer of the C.W.S. trades exhibitions in England.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Droylsden Constituency – Biography of Armitage

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Droylsden Constituency – Biography of Armitage

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Droylsden

    CANDIDATE : Armitage

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. H. K. Armitage left the Labour Party in 1938 after being an active member, and joined the Liberal Party in 1944. His father was a pioneer of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, and his mother is ex-president of the Labour Party women’s organization in Oldham. He is 39, was educated in elementary schools, and is a printer’s auctioneer and valuer.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : East Ham South Constituency – Biography of Thomas

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : East Ham South Constituency – Biography of Thomas

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : East Ham South

    CANDIDATE : Thomas

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. Thomas was born in 1914 in Manor Park, E., where he lives. A Thames lighterman, he was formerly general secretary of the Lightermen’s and Bargemen’s Union. He has also been a director of the National Dock Labour Board for the London area, and took part in the Cameron inquiry which led to the Dock Workers (Control of Employment) Order. He took a prominent part in last year’s dock strike.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Eton and Slough Constituency – Biography of Wood

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Eton and Slough Constituency – Biography of Wood

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Eton and Slough

    CANDIDATE : Wood

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. S. Wood, a City advertising specialist, aged 53, was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School. He is an authority on market research and the marketing problems of industry. He has had a long association with the Liberal Party, having been chairman of the party publicity committee, and is a member of the executive committee of the council. At one time he was treasurer of the Home Counties Liberal Federation and later chairman.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Gloucester Constituency – Biography of Guy

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Gloucester Constituency – Biography of Guy

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Gloucester

    CANDIDATE : Guy

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Col. A. Guy, managing director of a car sales firm, contested this division in 1945. He is active in local affairs, being president of the Rotary Club and chairman of the local group of hospitals under the Health Act. Also a former president of the Gloucester Chamber of Trade ; of the Motor Agents Association ; and of the British Motor Trade Association.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harrow East Constituency – Biography of Seaman

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harrow East Constituency – Biography of Seaman

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harrow East

    CANDIDATE : Seaman

    PARTY : Comm.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. W. Seaman is a bus conductor, aged 33, who has been active in trade union work and as a member of the executive of Harrow Trades Council. He served in the war in Africa and Italy as a sergeant in the Royal Artillery.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hendon North Constituency – Biography of Martell

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hendon North Constituency – Biography of Martell

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hendon North

    CANDIDATE : Martell

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. Martell, deputy-chairman of the Liberal Central Association, has been officially described as ” one of the leading personalities in the Liberal revival.” He is the author of the General Election plan for the Party, was chairman of the Liberal Foundation Fund, and is a member of the Party council and executive. He contested Rotherhithe in the 1946 by-election, and captured a seat on the L.C.C. in the same year.

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