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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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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hove Constituency – Biography of Marlowe

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hove Constituency – Biography of Marlowe

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hove

    CANDIDATE : Marlowe

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. Anthony Marlowe, K.C., who is 45, represented Brighton and Hove since 1941, when he was returned unopposed in a by-election. Called to the Bar in 1928, he joined the Army in 1939, was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1942 and served on the staff of the Judge Advocate-General. He is the son of the late Mr. Thomas Marlowe, a former editor of the Daily Mail, and is married to a daughter of Sir Patrick Hastings.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Keighley Constituency – Biography of Hobson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Keighley Constituency – Biography of Hobson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Keighley

    CANDIDATE : Hobson

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. C. R. Hobson was appointed Assistant Postmaster-General in 1947. A native of Leeds, he is a power station engineer. In 1931 he was elected a member of Willesden Borough Council, and four years later was made an alderman. He has had a long association with the Amalgamated Engineering Union. He was elected M.P. for Wembley North in 1945.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kingston upon Thames Constituency – Biography of Johns

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Kingston upon Thames Constituency – Biography of Johns

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kingston upon Thames

    CANDIDATE : Johns

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Dr. Nora M. Johns, aged 41, of Fariiham, is a widow with one son, aged 15. Since she took her medical degrees in 1924 she has had considerable experience at hospitals in London and Manchester. Recently she gave up medicine for politics. She is vice-chairman of the Public Health Committee of the National Council of Women, and lectures for many organizations concerned with health, education, youth work, and marriage guidance.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds South Constituency – Biography of Wood

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds South 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 : Leeds South

    CANDIDATE : Wood

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. B. H. Wood, who is in the wholesale clothing trade in Leeds, was born there in 1910. A member of Harrogate Town Council and of the West Riding Divisional Education Executive, he is a governor of Harrogate Grammar School. In the war he was an R-A.O.C. major in the Rhine Army and now commands the R.A.O.C. 50th Infantry Division, T.A.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leicester South East Constituency – Biography of Lewis

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leicester South East Constituency – Biography of Lewis

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leicester South East

    CANDIDATE : Lewis

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. S. K. Lewis was born in 1897 at Hanley, North Staffordshire. He began work in a coalmine at 13, and during the 1914-18 war served in France, Italy, and Palestine. He is now a public relations officer for a cinema corporation. He contested Walsall in 1923 as a Conservative, but was defeated.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Exchange Constituency – Biography of Braddock

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Exchange Constituency – Biography of Braddock

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Exchange

    CANDIDATE : Braddock

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mrs. E.. M. Braddock won this seat at the last election from Sir John Shute. Her return was one of the surprises of the election. With her husband, Mr. John Brad-dock, leader of the local Labour Party, she has given long service to municipal affairs. She inherited her interest in public life from her mother.

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