CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Shipley
CANDIDATE : Lupton
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. A. Lupton, aged 37, is an accountant, and is a member of a well-known local Liberal family. During his nine years’ service in the Army he acted as confidential private secretary to Lord Wavell.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Cardiff South East
CANDIDATE : Hayward
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Dr. J. J. Hayward is 34, and a medical practitioner at Whitchurch, Cardiff. He fought Abertillery in 1945. He was educated at Swansea Grammar School, Cardiff High School, University College, Cardiff, and the Welsh National School of Medicine. He was chairman of Cardiff University College Conservative Association, 1936-39, and chairman of the Conservative Political Education Committee for Wales and Monmouth, 1946-49. During the war he was a surgeon-commander with the Royal Navy.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Rhondda West
CANDIDATE : Davies
PARTY : Welsh Nat.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. K. Davies was born in 1902, and obtained his B.A. degree at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Since 1926 he has taught in Rhondda schools. He is a playwright, and two of his plays won premier honours at the national Eisteddfod. He is a member of the National Eisteddfod Drama Committee.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Conway
CANDIDATE : Price-White
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Lt.-Col. D. A. Price-White was born in 1906, and was at the University College of North Wales. He was admitted a solicitor in 1932 and started in practice in Bangor. He served with the Army during the war and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was a member of Caernarvonshire County Council, but resigned in 1941. He won Caernarvon Boroughs from the Liberals in 1945.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wrexham
CANDIDATE : Bowen
PARTY : Welsh Nat.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. G. Bowen, aged 33, is a master at Ruabon Grammar School who gained his M.A., with honours in mathematics and economics, at the North Wales University College, Bangor. .At the age of 28 he won the chair at the Royal National Eisteddfod at Mountain Ash.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Gower
CANDIDATE : Harding
PARTY : Nat. L. & C.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. Harding, born in 1901, was educated at Cambridge, qualified as a solicitor, was called to the Bar in 1928 and practised on the Wales and Chester circuit. He is Chancellor of the Diocese of St. David’s, and a member of the govening body of the Church in Wales. A keen Rugby footballer, he has captained Cambridge University, the Barbarians, and Wales, and was Welsh sprint champion in 1922 and 1926. He unsuccessfully contested East Swansea in 1945.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Abertillery
CANDIDATE : Daggar
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. G. Daggar, member for the division since 1929, received a board school education and started work at 12 as a miner. Later he went to the Central Labour College, and became a miners’ agent in 1921. He is now vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party and chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Aberdeen North
CANDIDATE : Hughes
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. Hector Hughes, K.C., had twice unsuccessfully contested North-West Camberwell before becoming M.P. for this division in 1945. Born in 1887, he was called to the Bar in 1923 and took silk in 1932. He has served on the se!e;t committees on Publ?c Accounts, Estimates, Elections and Statutory Rules and Orders.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dunfermline Burghs
CANDIDATE : Clunie
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. Clunie was born in 1889, became a house painter, and was for 18 years a member of the executive of the Scottish painters’ society, and three times its chairman. He has been chairman of the local Trades and Labour Council since 1926, and has served on the Dunfermline Town Council and the Fife education authority.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh Pentlands
CANDIDATE : MacNair
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. T. A. MacNair is a Glasgow man of 45 who went to George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh. After eight years in the Far East he worked in 1939 as election agent for the Scottish Liberal Federation, and during the war was on the security staff of the regional commissioner for Scotland.
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