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 : Carlisle

CANDIDATE : Peers

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. E. R. Peers, aged 43, is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and holds an executive post in an Assurance company. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School. He is chairman of Bollington (Macclesfield) U.D.C. and vice-chairman of Macclesfield Conservative Association.

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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 : Coventry South

CANDIDATE : Hore-Belisha

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha was in Parliament continuously from 1924 until 1945 as representative of Devonport, first as a Liberal National and from 1942 as an Independent. He fought the 1945 General Election as a National candidate, and later joined the Conservative Party. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in 1931 and Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1932. As Minister of Transport he introduced the familiar ” Belisha beacons.” He was Secretary of State for War from 1937-40, and a member of the War Cabinet. While he was Minister of National Insurance in the ” caretaker ” Government, the family allowances measure was passed. Born in 1893 and educated at Oxford and Heidelberg, he served in Salonika in the first world 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 : Dagenham

CANDIDATE : Cook

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Cook, who is 52, has conducted many elections as an agent. He is the son of the late Mr. James Cook, who was a King’s pilot when the Britannia competed in Royal Dorset Yacht Club regattas, and he began his early career in the Merchant Service, and served at sea in the first war. He was at one time in a lifeboat crew.

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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 : Dewsbury

CANDIDATE : Ramsden

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. E. Ramsden is 26, and was educated at Eton, where in 1941 he won an open classical scholarship to Trinity College, Oxford, and in 1942 the Newcastle scholarship. Instead of going to the university he joined the Army, served in the war and was mentioned in dispatches. After the war he went to Oxford and was given his rugger Blue. After joining the family brewing business at Halifax, he returned to Oxford to complete a degree in political economy.

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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 : East Ham North

CANDIDATE : Daines

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Daines, who was born in 1902, is a former locomotive fireman. Later, he was employed by an insurance society. In the war he served in the Royal Engineers. For some years he was a member °i Enfield Council, of Which his wife is chairman, alld he has also been closely associated with the Co-operative movement. He won the seat for the Labour Party 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 : Enfield East

CANDIDATE : Tyler

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. B. Tyler is a chemist who studied science at Birkbeck College and medicine at King’s College, London. He was a flying control officer in the R.A.F. in the war and afterwards a senior flying control liaison officer to the Minister of Civil Aviation at Northoit.

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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 : Gateshead West

CANDIDATE : Hall

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Hall, a colliery engine driver, is chairman of the northern district of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. For 15 years he was a member of the Durham County Council, and he is chairman of the Houghton-le-Spring Labour Party. Aged 53, he served with the 1 st Life Guards 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 : Harrow Central

CANDIDATE : Bishop

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. P. Bishop, aged 48, is general manager of the Newsprint Supply Company. He was called to the Bar in 1923. For many years he was on the staff of The Times and became assistant manager in 1937. He served in both world wars, and in the latter was second in command of the 5th City of London (Press Battalion) of the Home Guard. The author of several publications on advertising, he has been chairman of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association Advertisement Committee and chairman of the Advertisement Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce.

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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 : Hayes and Harlington

CANDIDATE : Ayles

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. H. Ayles, who was born in 1879 and had an elementary education, has been an M.P. in three Parliaments since 1923, and was elected for the old Southall seat in 1945. He has had a long period of public service, including 15 years on Bristol City Council, and was chairman of Bristol Labour Party for many years. He is a Quaker.

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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 : Hornchurch

CANDIDATE : Seear

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss B. N. Seear, who is 36, was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, and has studied and lectured in the London School of Economics. From 1943-45 she was with the Ministry of Aircraft Production. She worked for Lady Violet Bonham Carter in the Wells Division in 1945.

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