CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Kelvingrove
CANDIDATE : Ranger
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. S. J. Ranger is a Glasgow business man who lives in the division and has taken a keen interest in political affairs locally.
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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 : Glasgow Springburn
CANDIDATE : Forman
PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. C. Forman, an insurance agent, was born in 1884 and had a secondary school education. He was a member of Glasgow Town Council for 18 years until he became M.P. for Spring-burn in 1945. He is chairman of Glasgow Cooperative Conference Association and has been active in the Co-operative movement for 40 years.
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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 : Paisley
CANDIDATE : Johnston
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. H. Johnston, K.C., appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1947, two days after becoming a K.C., did not enter Parliament until the next year, when he won Paisley at a by-election. Born in 1907, he was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh Universities and called to the English Bar in 1931 and to the Scottish Bar a year later. He is an authority on the Workmen’s Compensation Acts. In the last war he served with the 51st Division as a lieutenant-colonel.
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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 : South Angus
CANDIDATE : Duncan
PARTY : C. & Nat. L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Capt. J. A. L. Duncan was Conservative M.P. for North Kensington from 1931 to 1945. For several years he was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Leslie Burgin as Minister of Transport and Minister of Supply. He was a member of the L.C.C. from 1925 to 1928. Educated at Marl borough, he served in both wars with the Scots Guards. He is aged 50.
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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 : South Ayrshire
CANDIDATE : Hughes
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. Emrys Hughes won this division in 1946. Son of a former Tony-pandy minister, he was born in 1894, and in 1924 married a daughter of the late Keir Hardie. A journalist, he has travelled a good deal in Europe, including Russia. He has also had long experience in local government, specializing in housing questions.
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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 : Dunbartonshire West
CANDIDATE : McKinlay
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. S. McKinlay was M.P. for the Partick division of Glasgow in 1929-31, and Dunbarton from 1941 to the dissolution. Formerly a woodworker and trade union organizer in the Clyde shipyards, he has been a prominent member of Glasgow Corporation and Convener of the Housing 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 : Western Isles
CANDIDATE : Murray
PARTY : Scot. Home Rule
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. Murray, born in 1900, took a B.Sc in engineering at Glasgow University, later studied steel making in Germany, was an engineer in Australia, and a steel salesman in the United States and South America. Now an industrial journalist, he is a member of the Committee of the Scottish Convention, and played a part in the launching of the latest Covenant.
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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 : Rutherglen
CANDIDATE : McAllister
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. G. McAllister, who was born in 1906, was educated at Wishaw High School and Glasgow University. A public relations consultant, journalist, and author, he joined the Labour Party in 1924, and won Rutherglen from the Conservatives in the 1945 election. He is particularly interested in town and country planning and was secretary of the Town and Country Planning Association.
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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 : Perth and East Perthshire
CANDIDATE : Stewart
PARTY : Scot. Nat.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. Stewart is 33 and a member of the council of the Scottish National Party. He is a member of Doune Town Council, having topped the poll as a Scottish Nationalist last year. He is engaged in the building trade.
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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 : West Lothian
CANDIDATE : Hynd
PARTY : Scottish Self-Govt.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. Maxwell Hynd, who is in his late fifties, is a publicity agent, and lives at Dunfermline, Fife. He has worked in Australia as a farmer and gold miner, in Argentina as an engineer, and in an industrial works in America. A Scottish Home Ruler for 30 years, he acted as his own election agent and contested the seat without the support of the local Nationalist organization.
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