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 : Reigate

CANDIDATE : Vaughan-Morgan

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. K. Vaughan-Morgan, born in 1905, is a son of the late Sir K. P. Vaughan-Morgan, who was M.P. for Fulham from 1922 until his death in 1933. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was successively chairman and president of the East Fulham Conservative and Unionist Association. He was a member of the Chelsea Borough Council from 1928 to 1931, and has represented Chelsea on the London County Council since 1946. He served in the Welsh Guards during the war and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

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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 : Arundel and Shoreham

CANDIDATE : Beardmore

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. S. Beardmore is 33 and an insurance company superintendent formerly at Little-hampton and now at Sunningdale, Berks. An active worker for the Liberals for some years, he was a member of the Chichester Division executive, 1946-48. He served with the R.A.S.C. during the war, reaching captain’s rank.

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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 : Stratford-on-Avon

CANDIDATE : Profumo

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. D. Profumo was member for the Kettering division from 1940 to 1945, but lost the seat at the last General Election. He was born in 1915, and educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford. During the last war he was air staff officer at Field-Marshal Lord Alexander’s headquarters in Italy, and crossed the Alps to bring the German plenipotentiaries to sign the unconditional surrender terms in Italy. Later he was Chief of Staff to the United Kingdom Mission in Japan.

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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 : Devizes

CANDIDATE : Cave

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. E. Cave, aged 41, farms 2,000 acres in the division and has served on local authorities and on the Wiltshire County Council. He joined the Fabian Society in 1943 and the Labour Party in 1945. He is specially interested in social welfare, particularly the youth movement.

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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 : Beverley

CANDIDATE : Odey

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. W. Odey was returned for the old Howdenshire division in 1947. Born in 1900, he went to Faversham Grammar School and University College, London, and in 1925 joined a firm of tanners and leather merchants, of which he rose to be managing dir;ctor. He received the C.B.E. in 1945 for war work for the Government.

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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 : Thirsk and Malton

CANDIDATE : Turton

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. H. Turton was born in 1903, and is a barrister, and a farmer and landowner. He entered the House of Commons in May, 1929, as Member for Thirsk and Malton, a division which has been represented by a Turton for an unbroken spell of 36 years. He succeeded his uncle, the late Sir Edmund R. Turton, who was a member from 1914 to 1929. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1926. He served with The Green Howards in the last war, and was a lieutenant-colonel attached to G.H.Q., M.E.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 : Harrogate

CANDIDATE : Parris

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. J. Parris was born in 1915 and educated at the London School of Economics and Leeds University. He is a barrister and during the war lectured to the Royal Navy on legal subjects. In 1933 he joined the Labour Party and is a member of the Fabian Society. During the last three years he has visited 27 different countries to lecture.

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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 : Skipton

CANDIDATE : Drayson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. B. Drayson has represented the Skipton division since 1945. He was born in 1913 and became a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1935. He is a director of two textile firms and a member of the Royal Agricultural Society. He served in the Army during the war, was taken prisoner in the Western Desert, and escaped by walking 500 miles across German-occupied country.

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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 : Cardiff West

CANDIDATE : Thomas

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. G. Thomas was born in 1909 and has been a schoolmaster. For five years he was a sergeant in the police force. He is a member of the executive committee of the National Union of Teachers, and of the National Association of Labour Teachers. He was elected for Cardiff Central 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 : Swansea East

CANDIDATE : Lynam

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. F. Lynam, an ex-service man, is a traveller in the metal refining industry. Born in 1907, he has lived for 37 years in Swansea and worked enthusiastically for the Conserya-tive cause, holding many offices in the Junior Imperial League before the war. For many years he was honorary secretary of the local Conservative Association.

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