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 : Penistone

CANDIDATE : Hinchcliffe

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Hinchcliffe is a native of Batley and holds an honorary degree in history from Cambridge University. He joined a Manchester firm of cotton spinners and manufacturers, and since 1937, with the exception of the war years, has represented them in Leeds and South Yorkshire. He served with the R.A.F. during the 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 : Aberdare

CANDIDATE : Thomas

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. E. Thomas, 57, is a native of Maesteg, where he worked as a miner until 1919, when he became a trade union official. He transferred in 1934 to Aberdare as local secretary and later was elected miners’agent. He became M.P. at a by-election in December, 1946.

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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 : Newport

CANDIDATE : Thomas

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Ivor Thomas, former Under-Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and the Colonial Office, was M.P. for Keighley from 1942 to the dissolution. He resigned from the Labour Party in 1948 because of his opposition to the Iron and Steel Act. Born in 1905 and educated at St. John’s College and Magdalen College, Oxford, he has been on the staff of London newspapers. He was commissioned in 1940 in The Norfolk Regiment.

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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 : Breconshire and Radnorshire

CANDIDATE : Watkins

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. E. Watkins, who has acted as secretary to the Welsh Parliamentary Party, entered Parliament in 1945, when he won the Brecon and Radnor seat from the Conservatives. Born in Abercrave in 1903, from 1928 to 1933 he was political agent for the division and in 1937 was appointed general secretary to the Breconshire Association of Friendly Societies. For 16 years he was secretary to the divisional Labour Party.

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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 : Llanelli

CANDIDATE : Thomas

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. G. Thomas, born in 1925, was a student at the University College of Wales until he volunteered for air crew duties with the Royal Air Force. After the war he graduated at Cambridge and became vice-president of Cambridge University Liberal Society.

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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 : Aberavon

CANDIDATE : Herbert

PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Herbert is a son of the late Col. Aubrey Herbert, who was for 12 years member for Yeovil, and a grandson of the Earl of Caernarvon who was Secretary for the Colonies and a Viceroy of Ireland under Disraeli. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he was three times medically rejected for the British Army, but volunteered for the 1st Polish Armoured Division and served with them for five years in the ranks.

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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 : Ogmore

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Welsh Republican

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Ithel Davies resigned in 1940 from the Labour Party, in whose interest he unsuccessfully contested the University of Wales seat in 1935. He joined the Welsh Nationalists in 1942. He spent three years in prison during the first world war after refusing to serve, regarding the war as a conflict of imperialistic powers. He has written books on economic and social topics.

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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 : Pontypool

CANDIDATE : West

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. G. West, aged 45, is the son of a miner and is a solicitor. He took a first prize in law at Cardiff College. He has been a member of the Abercarn (Mon.) Urban District Council, and was elected to the Monmouthshire County Council in 1938. He served during the last war with the R.A.F. and was elected to Parliament for Pontypool at a by-election in 1946.

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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 : Coatbridge and Airdrie

CANDIDATE : McMillan

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. McMillan is studying at Glasgow University for a degree in economics. He received a secondary and grammar school education, and his academic career was interrupted by Army service. After the war he lectured for two years for the Royal Army Educational Corps on political science and history before resuming his studies at the university. He is on the executive of the West Scotland Junior Unionists’ 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 : Edinburgh East

CANDIDATE : Donaldson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Cmdr. C. E. M. Donaldson is on the staff of the Scottish Tourist Board. Born in Cornwall in 1903, he was brought up in Vancouver. He joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, 1926, and in the war served on the Pacific coast and in Newfoundland. He came to England as liaison officer on the staff of the C.-in-C, Portsmouth, and on demobilization decided to settle in Scotland.

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