CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Govan
CANDIDATE : Laughlan
PARTY : Comm.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. Laughlan, a building trade worker, is secretary of the Communist Party in Glasgow. He joined the I.L.P. in 1933 but resigned two years later.
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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 Scotstoun
CANDIDATE : Bargh
PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. Bargh was born in 1905, graduated at Glasgow University and is a science teacher. A keen cooperator, he has been a member of the national committee of the Co-operative Party, and chairman of the Glasgow Co-operative Association. He joined the Labour Party in 1940.
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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 : Greenock
CANDIDATE : McColl
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. I. McColl contested Dumfries in 1945. Joining the Liberal Party at 16, he was elected two years later to the executive of the Scottish Liberal Federation and became hon. secretary at the age of 23. He served as an aircrew member with Coastal Command. Aged 34, he is night editor of a Scottish national newspaper.
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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 : Aberdeenshire West
CANDIDATE : Oswald
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. T. Oswald, born in 1904, has been painter, shop assistant, tram driver, and shipyard worker, and is now Scottish area secretary for certain trade groups in the Transport and General Workers’ Union. He joined the Labour Party in 1921, has held leading offices in ths local organization, and has taken part in wage negotiations for his union.
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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 : Ayrshire Central
CANDIDATE : Milligan
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. R. Milligan, K.C., who is 51, contested the St. Rollox division of Glasgow in 1945. He has been in practice as an advocate for nearly 25 years. His father, a parish minister, was a professor in the University of Glasgow and Mr. Milligan is keenly interested in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. At one time a keen athlete, in 1920 he represented Scotland against England and Ireland.
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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 : Caithness and Sutherland
CANDIDATE : MacArthur
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. MacArthur resigned his charge and status as a minister of the Church of Scotland to fight the election. Aged 31, he went to Tobermory Higher Grade and Oban High Schools and to Glasgow University. He is a former secretary and president of the University Labour Club and has been active in the Party in Glasgow. He is a native Gaelic speaker.
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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 : Inverness
CANDIDATE : Thompson
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Capt. D. N. Thompson, born in 1909 and educated at the London School of Economics, is an ornithologist and a former holder of the Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his work in relation to Highland birds. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1947, being appointed a staff captain. He is a member of the Inverness County Council.
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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 : Motherwell
CANDIDATE : Robertson
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Dr. A. Robertson, son of a Wishaw doctor, is 23, and became candidate at short notice on the withdrawal on medical advice of the prospective candidate. He won a scholarship to Malvern College, and graduated M.B., Ch.B., at Edinburgh last year.
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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 : Orkney and Shetland
CANDIDATE : Leslie
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. H. R. Leslie, K.C., who was born in 1905, is a native of South Shields. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. In 1930 he secured his LL.B., and in 1937 was called to the Scottish Bar. He became counsel for the Department of Agriculture, Scotland, and Sheriff Clerk Depute in the Glasgow circuit. He served in the Army during the war. and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the war he was appointed legal assessor to the Dean of Guild and Burgh Courts of Edinburgh. He took silk ast year.
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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 : Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire
CANDIDATE : Loch
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. S. D. Loch is the second son of Major-General Lord Loch, and was born in 1920. Educated at Wellington and Trinity College, Cambridge, he served in the war in the Grenadier Guards, and was awarded the M.C., and when demobilized was a major. During 1947-48 he worked in Mr. Churchill’s secretariat at the Conservative Central Office.
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