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 : Manchester Blackley

CANDIDATE : Diamond

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Diamond is 42, and a London accountant. Born in Leeds and educated at Leeds Grammar School, he won Blackley from the Conservatives in 1945. Formerly Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Works, he was appointed to the Speaker’s panel of chairmen, and presided over the Standing Committees which dealt with the Gas Bill and Licensing Bill. He went to Burma with the Parliamentary delegation recently.

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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 Gorton

CANDIDATE : Abbott

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Abbott, secretary of Lancashire and Ches?ire Communist Party for five years, worked as a skilled engineer in cotton mills and engineering shops. A member of the A.E.U. for 17 years, he has been a member of the national executive of the Communist Party since 1942.

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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 : Thomas

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. W. S. Russell Thomas was born in 1896 and educated at Christ’s College, Brecon, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. He qualified both as physician and surgeon at Guy’s Hospital, and was later called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn. After fighting three different seats in 1931, 1935, and 1936, he was returned unopposed for Southampton as a Liberal National in 1940, but was defeated 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 : 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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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 : Preston North

CANDIDATE : Devine

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. J. Devine was born in 1898, and has worked in America and Russia, being at one time general secretary of the American National Textile Workers’ Union. He is a founder member of the Communist Party and national organizer for its newspaper.

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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 : Rochdale

CANDIDATE : Schofield

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Schofield is a well-known figure in the cotton-spinning industry and has had 33 years’ active service in the Territorial Army, in which he is a lieutenant-colonel. A native of Oldham, aged 59, he played a prominent part in the formation of the Yarn Spinners? Association, Manchester ; he is on the management committee of Oldham Master Cotton Spinners’ Association, and vice-chairman of Oldham 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 : Ruislip Northwood

CANDIDATE : Crowder

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Crowder, who was born in 1919, is a son of Capt. J. F. E. Crowder, M.P. for Finchley since 1935. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and is a barrister of the Inner Temple. Joining the Coldstream Guards in 1939, he served in North Africa, Italy (where he was personal liaison officer to Gen. Leese), and Burma, attaining the rank of major. In 1945 at the North Tottenham by-election he reduced the Labour majority by nearly 10,000.

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