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 : Leicester North West

CANDIDATE : Nicolson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. N. Nicolson, who was born in 1917, is a son of Mr. Harold Nicolson, who for 10 years represented the former West Leicester division at Westminster as National Labour member and was the unsuccessful Labour candidate at the North Croydon by-election in 1948. Mr. N. Nicolson was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He served in the Grenadier Guards during the war. He is a director of a publishing company.

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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 Edge Hill

CANDIDATE : Irvine

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. J. Irvine first contested Kincardine as a Liberal, and in 1943 joined the Labour Party, fighting Twickenham and later South Aberdeen without success. In 1945 he succeeded at Edge Hill. An M.A. of Edinburgh, he also took an Oxford degree and was president of the Union. He is son of the late Mr. J. M. Irvine, K.C.

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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 Toxteth

CANDIDATE : Gibbins

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Gibbins first contested the West Toxteth division in 1922 and in the course of 13 years fought eight elections. He was M.P. for that division from 1924 until 1931, when he was defeated, but recaptured the seat in 1935. He was born in 1888, served his apprenticeship as a boiler maker, and served in the Navy during the 1914-18 war.

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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 Blackley

CANDIDATE : Jamieson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Jamieson, born in 1907, was apprenticed to a family printing business, and after studying at Manchester School of Technology succeeded his father as managing director of the business. When only 16 he was assistant secretary of the Stretford Junior Imperial League and later held other offices. He is a member of Chapel-en-le-Frith Rural District 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 : Manchester Moss Side

CANDIDATE : Horsbrugh

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss F. Horsbrugh represented Dundee in Parliament for 14 years and was unseated in 1945. Educated at Lans-downe House, Edinburgh, and St. Hilda’s, Folkestone, she represented Britain on the League of Nations from 1933 to 1936. In 1938 she created Parliamentary history by being the first woman to move the Address in reply to the King’s Speech. Appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in 1939, she occupied that position until the end of the Coalition Government. In the ” caretaker ” Government she was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food. After her defeat at Midlothian and Peebles in this Election she was adopted for Moss Side.

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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 : Middlesbrough East

CANDIDATE : Levy

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. N. Levy, who is 39, is a research worker at Billingham. As a member of the national executive of the Association of Scientific Workers, he has represented that body at the T.U.C. He lives at Stockton, where he has contested municipal elections with little success.

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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 : McKeag

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. McKeag is a former M.P. for Durham and h?s been a member of Newcastle City Council since 1935. Fifty years of age, he served in both wars. He is a director of Newcastle United Football Club. He is a partner in a firm of solicitors.

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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 : Cary

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Robert Cary was member for Eccles, 1935-45, and served several ministers as Parliamentary private secretary. In the ” caretaker ” Government he was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. After unsuccessfully contesting a by-election at Ashton-under-Lyne, he worked in the Conservative Central Office. Born in 1898, he was educated at Ardingly and Sandhurst, and served in the Army, 1916-23, and again in the last war.

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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 : Richmond

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. H. L. Richmonej is the son of the late Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond. He was born in 1918 and was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was preparing for a Foreign Office career when war broke out in 1939, and he joined the Royal Navy, serving in torpedo-boats, submarines, and destroyers. In 1943 he completed his studies at Cambridge, and then entered journalism.

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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 : Pontefract

CANDIDATE : Sylvester

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. O. Sylvester was member for the Normanton division from 1947 to the dissolution. Born in 1898, he started work in the mines when 13, and was a branch secretary of the Yorkshire Mineworkers’ Association nearly 20 years. He has been three times chairman of the Normanton urban council, a position since held by Mrs. Sylvester, and has also served on the West Riding County Council.

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